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So far, I have a total of 4 hours on my Lancair 360.  After the last
flight, I checked the brake lining and discovered that three of the four
brake linings had chipped.   I am able to see one of the rivets on all of
the three pads.  These pads are the original pads I reveived witht the kit,
dating back to November of 1992.   Anybody else here had a similar problem?
Could it be that these older pads had become britlle over time?  I will order new ones immediately and will ground the plane until the new
ones are installed.  Sometime ago, somebody here mentioned we can use
Cleveland pads (part number 66-106 (66-2))   instead of the Matco ones. Are the Cleveland pads suppose to be better?   Please advice, thank you.

Rick Argente
N360ZR PS Aside from the above, the flight testing is going very well.  I was able
to fly her for about two hours yesterday and all gauges were well within
the green.  It flys like it's on rails!  Absolutely incredible visibility.   More on flight testing later...

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