Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using TapatalkĪs jojo said, you probably fly naval aircraft. When the brakes get too hot the fuse plugs will pop, the tires will deflate slowly, keeping them from exploding. This is only really an issue in very hot climates (read summertime in El Centro, California. On another note, the talk about hot brakes following a landing. Any time we are stopped, except for past a hold short line, JBD, or following an aborted take off (there we have a hot brake check before setting it). In fact, we use the parking brake extensively. But only in that case do we not set the parking brake, because they don't always listen. At 'strange fields' other than your home field, we instruct the linemen there not to tow the aircraft without up there so they don't ruin the hydraulics. And it will remain so unless it needs to be towed (maintenance obviously knows how to handle their own aircraft). And it is SOP to set the parking brake prior to shutdown. In my squadrons, our aircraft are always chocked and chained at night. Seeing as chocks are not standard for ramp or hot starts in DCS (which I think they should be, by the way) the parking brake should be applied when entering the game. Like I said, it's all about SOP, whatever the squadron set. Or at an airfield you'll be chocked with the brake on)

(You'll stay chained, chocked with the brake set on an aircraft carrier until you're about to move for example. To varying degrees depending on location and SOP. At aircrew walk time, maintenance will start to break down the tie downs, start removing covers and pins and preparing the aircraft for flight. Your aircraft is going to be secured in at least one of three ways, the parking brake, chocks or it'll be chained down. A cold and dark aircraft should NOT have its parking brake set.

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