REFLECTOR:Gear Up

[Fred Marconi]

  Chuck:

  You are right about touch.  I have been able to get to stop on 2500' but I
really have to hit the Matco brakes hard and hit the numbers  No doubt about
the heat and they do fade a lot.  On one of my fast taxi tests to check for
an engine oil leak the brakes heated my copilot side leg and it changed the
camber 2 degrees, enough to have my main get stuck on the inboard strake
lip.  Fortunatelly a couple of hard liks brought the gear down.    Matco's
are an issue, with all the things one needs to be attentive to the one thing
we do not need to worry about is damaging the gear leg because of heat.  So
I am glad to see you have such a good experience with these Clevelands.
Will braking too hard not damage the gear as well by twisting the gear leg
outboard?

  I only have 25 hours on my bird and did consider the Clevelands.  Can you
use the same wheel and axel that you used with the Matco's.  Do you need to
do any major modifications.

  Fred
  N244FM

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen@dts9000.com>
  To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
  Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 7:52 PM
  Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Gear Up


  > John,
  > A developed touch and a runway a mile and half long does reduce the
braking
  > needs markedly.  The other advantage of Clevelands, besides not having
to
  > change pads with every oil change, is if you go into a really short
strip,
  > (or we misjudge wind or speed on a middling length one) its comforting
to
  > know that if you need to stand on the brakes, there'll be something
there.
  >
  > I suspect the brakes are much less an issue on the smaller Vs with
smaller
  > engines, which enjoy both somewhat slower touchdowns and less mass to
stop.
  > At any rate, I have for sale several near-new Matco pads that are
perfect,
  > except for the cracks.
  >
  > Chuck
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
  > Behalf Of John Dibble
  > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 4:35 PM
  > To: reflector@tvbf.org
  > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Gear Up
  >
  >
  > Chuck,
  > That is interesting.  Now that I've learned how to fly my V, I think the
  > Matcos are
  > adequate (for my SRG anyway).  I guess it's all about surviving the
first
  > few dozen
  > hours.
  > John
  >
  > Chuck Jensen wrote:
  >
  > > John,
  > >
  > > Good thinkin' but that's not the way it seems to work.  My Matcos used
to
  > > get too-hot-to-handle after a couple summer landings and taxing in a
  > > weather-vaning crosswind.  After switching to the Clevelands (which
  > > incidentally, have a good thermal isolation board to protect the gear
leg)
  > > and their greater braking authority, the calipers hardly get warm to
the
  > > touch and I can't feel any heat being transmitted to the gear leg.
  > >
  > > I never understood why Matcos got so hot.  The heat in supposed to be
  > caused
  > > by absorption of energy during braking.  I always got lots of heat but
not
  > > much braking.
  > >
  > > Chuck
  > > XLRG with heavy 300
  > >
  >
  >
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