X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.4] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2632714 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:26:24 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.4; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.c73.22bda85c (48576) for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:25:39 -0500 (EST) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:25:55 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: non flamable brake fluid-compatable To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1199589955" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5378 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1199589955 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/5/2008 9:52:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ceengland@bellsouth.net writes: Hmmm...Can you buy raw carbon fiber pad stock? If so, it should be easy to cut/drill to fit standard Cleveland/Matco backing plates & just mount using the standard rivets. Are carbon pads riveted to the backplates in automotive applications, like they are in aviation brakes? Charlie I made a set for a Aero Commander from a set of Chevy brake pads. The airplane pad looked like a bunch of kids made it. Two brass rivets holding the material onto a steel backing plate. I sawed them out with a hole saw and trimmed them up in the lathe. No rivets. Car pads are glued on. It was a very flexible single piston slider. Best brakes he ever had. Less than the usual $100.00 each. You can buy Carbon Metallic pads for any car at the Autozone. On the race car it was like going from almost no brakes, to Amazing brakes. When a competitor comes by and says " thought you were dead when you went by me under braking. I couldn't believe you made that corner". The only brakes better than that are carbon pads on a carbon disc. Like a Formula one car. Lynn E. Hanover **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------------------------1199589955 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 1/5/2008 9:52:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20 ceengland@bellsouth.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2>Hmmm...Can you buy raw carbon fiber pad stock? If so, it should b= e easy=20
to cut/drill to fit standard Cleveland/Matco backing plates & just= =20 mount
using the standard rivets. Are carbon pads riveted to the backpl= ates=20 in
automotive applications, like they are in aviation=20 brakes?

Charlie

I made a set for a Aero Commander from a set of Chevy brake pads. The=20 airplane pad looked like a bunch of kids made it. Two brass rivets holding t= he=20 material onto a steel backing plate. I sawed them out with a hole saw and=20 trimmed them up in the lathe. No rivets. Car pads are glued on. It was a ver= y=20 flexible single piston slider. Best brakes he ever had. Less than the usual=20 $100.00 each.

You can buy Carbon Metallic pads for any car at the Autozone.

On the race car it was like going from almost no brakes, to Amazing bra= kes.=20 When a competitor comes by and says " thought you were dead when you we= nt=20 by me under braking. I couldn't believe you made that corner".

The only brakes better than that are carbon pads on a carbon disc. Like= a=20 Formula one car.

Lynn E. Hanover

Start= the year off right. Easy ways to stay in s= hape in the new year.

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