REFLECTOR: Why you don't want to be overweight on landing....

[Brian Michalk]

I think I got the text in there now.

Jim Agnew wrote:
> Brian,
>  
> The Cleveland's have the calipers mounted on the outside of the rotor 
> and have a larger moment arm so the applied brake pad friction is more 
> effective.
>  
> Sodium cooled items like valves have some sodium in the hollow stem 
> that melts and sloshes back and forth carrying heat from the hot end 
> to the cooler end.
> Did you ever post my writeup on the rotor disk slotting?
>  
> Jim
>  
> James F. Agnew
> Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
> Tampa, FL
> Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:47:11 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Why you don't want to be overweight on landing....
>
> Agreed.  Kinetic energy must be converted to heat in order to stop.
>
> So, why is it that the Clevelands perform better?  Do they have a higher
> thermal mass?  Does the brake material ablate away, throwing off the
> high temp caliper bits?
>
> We have sodium cooled rods which I find a dubious benefit (would like
> for someone to explain that one to my satisfaction).  However, we don't
> have sodium cooled rotors.  Seems like phase change from solid to liquid
> would do wonders for brake capacity.
>
> Scott Derrick wrote:
> > less heat??  hmmmmm....  probably not.
> >
> > Tom wrote:
> >> Hot Stuff!! I swapped out to Clevelands a few months ago. Huge
> >> improvement in braking action with less heat.
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