X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [216.148.227.118] (HELO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 682743 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:00:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.148.227.118; envelope-from=jesse@jessfarr.com Received: from office5 (pcp04959909pcs.midval01.tn.comcast.net[68.59.199.44]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20050826145939015009sbpee>; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:59:45 +0000 Message-ID: <011e01c5aa4e$bafcae20$057ba8c0@farr.com> From: "jesse farr" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Flamible brake fluid Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:59:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Most Porsche's weigh a heck of a lot more than 1500 pounds and when using brakes rather hard aren't going as slow as decent landing speed; and, oh yeah, how darn much does most of these small airplanes weigh ? jofarr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sower" > What's a Porsche weigh? 1500 lb? all that heat must be absorbed by the > puck, piston, caliper and fluid. Doable if you're dealing with a 1500 lb > [relatively] slow moving vehicle.