Brakes work? Yes and no.

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Re: Brakes work? Yes and no.

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Colin wrote:Probably a good thing to add to my thirty day checklist (VOR, FIKI test, Plexus polish). It happened on the DA40 when I first got it. There was a leak, and after that was fixed it didn't seem to remain an issue, but I had a CFII on that side often enough for the first couple years.
It’s actually plausible that no one had operated the starboard pedals in my plane in over 3 years.
2002 DA40-180: MT, PowerFlow, 530W/430W, KAP140, ext. baggage, 1090 ES out, 2646 MTOW, 40gal., Surefly, Flightstream 210, Orion 600 LED, XeVision, Aspen E5
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