From: "Marvin Kaye" <marvkaye@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: Brake pads and tires
To: lml
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:46:38 -0400
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  From: "Robert Smiley" <rsmiley@centurytel.net>

Ed,

180 hours is about right.  I have 178 hours on 
my bird, a pair of tires are ready to install 
during the annual in May, the disks have shown 
wear, the pads are holding up fine.  The owner 
of Matco saw the installation last year
at the Hill AFB air show.  N94RJ was on static 
display with two other

Experimental birds and his comment was "You are 
showing good service on the old style rotors, 
make sure you change them out next annual." 
Apparantly the newer rotors are more durable.   
the airframe was produced in 1991 serial no
170.  One tire is bald the other shows some 
tread so it is time to change out.  I believe 
you will get 180 hours if you don't jam on the
brakes to exit the first and sometimes second 
taxiway.  Let the plane run out and dissipate 
the forward momentum and use the brakes only 
for slight braking and directional control.  
They will last quite a long time.

                  Bob Smiley
                  N94RJ