Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:00:51 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r04.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.100] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.6) with ESMTP id 2732288 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:38:51 -0500 Received: from Tubamanflies@aol.com by imo-r04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id q.30.4a223ece (3699) for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:38:49 -0500 (EST) From: Tubamanflies@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <30.4a223ece.2ce6ebb8@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:38:48 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: kinetic energy X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_30.4a223ece.2ce6ebb8_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6024 --part1_30.4a223ece.2ce6ebb8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Stop the plane I want to get off. The bottom line for me is being able to stop the plane if I have to abort a takeoff. A second consideration is landings a shorter fields. At my home field I normally have 8,500 ft of runway left when I lift off. Yes 8,500 the runway is over 10'000 ft long. >From the very beginning of the test flying the orginal brakes gave us problems. They overheated and failed a couple of time and were replaced once in the first 10 hours. When I finally got the time flown off and started expanding the envelope they wore out quickly. It got to the point that I could not hold position on run up. That is when I changed to the "Grove" brakes and they are better that the originals ever were. On top of that I can now change pads without removing the wheels. So when push comes to stop the numbers give you the theroy but the proof is in the stopping. Ray. --part1_30.4a223ece.2ce6ebb8_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Stop the plane I want to get off.

The bottom line for me is being able to stop the plane if I have to abort a=20= takeoff.  A second consideration is landings a shorter fields.  At= my home field I normally have 8,500 ft of runway left when I lift off. = ; Yes 8,500 the runway is over 10'000 ft long. 

From the very beginning of the test flying the orginal brakes gave us proble= ms.  They overheated and failed a couple of time and were replaced once= in the first 10 hours.  When I finally got the time flown off and star= ted expanding the envelope they wore out quickly.  It got to the point=20= that I could not hold position on run up.  That is when I changed to th= e "Grove" brakes and they are better that the originals ever were.  On=20= top of that I can now change pads without removing the wheels.

So when push comes to stop the numbers give you the theroy but the proof is=20= in the stopping.

Ray.  --part1_30.4a223ece.2ce6ebb8_boundary--