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Pucker Bushes

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So I experienced the "pucker bush" saying this weekend.  Went to land at a gold mine and applied brakes but nothing happened.  I have the matco double puck brakes.  Once a pad is contaminated with brake fluid its toast.  My disk and pads got saturated with brake fluid.  So I landed long and on top of that I had no brakes.  Notice my tail wheel mark just before the creek.  I managed to pull out just in time.  When I got home I had green stains on my main gear and tail wheel.  Moral of the story.  Dry brakes are good brakes.  According to matco once a pad comes in contact with brake fluid the friction is no longer the same even if cleaned. 

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What was the color of the stain on the seat?  :-)   Glad you got by without damage.  JImChuk

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...probably didn't know the seat cushion condition until the next morning's constitution.  I imagine it got sucked right up in there!

 

I'm very happy to know that grass stains and pride were the only damage. 

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Good job on the go around!   Not an easy call once you are down and on the "brakes".

Your go around track reminds me of stopping skid marks I see at the biggest airports (BOS RY27 pops in my head).  You turn off and look downfield and can almost see the a bit of brown in the giant skid marks leading down towards the threshold!

Bet you'll have other aviators sctatching thier head while looking at that gouge! 

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If I would have been flying a 582 I would have went in trees ahead.  That rotax 912 with Gods help pulled me out of that mess.  I could feel the drag once I got into the marsh.  The 100 hp overcame the drag to give me enough lift. In my opinion more power is always better in emergencies. 

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