bonehead

[rick bell]

decided yesterday to practice max short field landing on my way home from yuma az. to clear customs at mmsf (landed around 400') but the breaks were smoking (first dum sthing). cleared customs and flew to my dirt strip, fot out and tied the a/c down i notice the left main was going flat. must have locked the left break when landing in mmsf and remmoved about a 1/2 inch of rubber off a new tire (it was leaking air from where the what cords were lefr). i believe i will from now on only use max brakes on dirt fields so if i lock and skid i'll have a little rubber left. rick