Originally posted by funked:
Mino 110-120 mph is too hot to land a P-51. Historical touchdown speed is about 90 mph.
CC and thanks Funked, but like I said I was dead stick. I
still should have stayed on the runway as I landed on the extreme end of it. The brakes just seemed to have very little or no effect.
This non-braking so surprised me that I asked all my squad mates if there was something different with the brakes. The difference in breaking ability was very noticeable since I last flew, which was a little over a week before. This happened to be my first flight of the day and I had lost my radiator then the engine quit after attacking a BUFF.
With engine running, the plane slows very rapidly and brakes seem very effective. With engine off via damage and not windmilling, roll out takes easily 2-3 times the length.
Even at 50 mph tapping the brakes did not produce the normal stuttering effect. Just really kind of feels like the brakes were not working at all.
The P-51 brakes using the keyboard are normally very sensitive below 50 mph. If you are not careful you can go bellybutton over tea kettle before you know it.
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