REFLECTOR:Full stopping at gross.

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Alex,

I agree.  My point is that if the wheels lock, then no heat would be created.  The other is once you slow down, even a little, then you can release and still have braking action.  This process would not be an everyday thing, but if you gotta stop, then locking the tires would at leasr slow yu down enught to where you can release the lock and still have some brakes.  A flat spot on a tire is proababl a flat spot off the nose.  Anti lock is great on a car, but then four wheels are better than three, pluss I would think that the brakes on cars are better than on planses.  I was taught that planes are meant to fly and make for lousey ground vehicles.  Now to get some compromise would be great.

Bob Kuc

----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Balic <alex157@direcway.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2004 10:40 am
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Full stopping at gross.

> Bob-
> Actually once the wheels start to slide (sliding friction) there 
> is less
> stopping force then if the rotors were just barely turning- this 
> is why
> anti-lock brakes can stop a car faster then just locking the 
> wheels up even
> on dry pavement and why dragsters avoid wheel spin, because they loose
> friction with the pavement.  On that note, I would be concerned if 
> you could
> NOT lock up the wheels at full gross with the matcos, because you 
> don't know
> how far below locking up you are, and it could be significant.
> 
> Alex
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of bkuc1@tampabay.rr.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 8:28 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: REFLECTOR:Full stopping at gross.
> 
> 
> So let me get this straight.  IF you are at full gross and then 
> then right
> before lift, you abort, will the current Matco brakes NOT be able 
> to lock
> the tires?  If I recall, the situation that happened before was 
> that full
> brakes were not applied so as not to flat spot the tires, but just 
> ride them
> hard, which led to brake fade.
> 
> If the brakes will lock the wheels, then wouldn't the proper 
> procedure for
> an aborted take-off with minimal runway left <2000 would be to 
> stomp and
> lock the wheels. runways 2000-3000 feet remaining, you would turn 
> the engine
> off and apply brakes for a short time as needed, near the end of 
> the runway?
> 
> Bob Kuc
> 
> 
> 
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