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Reply-To: "dfs" <dfs@gateway.net>
From: "dfs" <dfs@gateway.net>
To: "Lancair List" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: LN320 BRAKES
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:10:23 -0800
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Interesting problem here. Just for a reference point, I'm flying a very
early 235 with the original single piston brakes and I don't have any
complaints other than, if I really get on them (not often necessary), I will
flat a tire real quick! Took me a couple sets of tires to learn this lesson.

After replacing tires a couple of times because of lock-ups resulting in an
unwanted experiment on how deep the treads go, I stopped being mister nice
guy and trying to turn off at the first exit. Sure I occasionally get an
insult from the tower informing me that I've got a Baron, or some such on my
tail (cleared to land, the runway's mine until I exit so it's the
controller's error). Never takes more than 5 or 10 seconds more and my
brakes last and last - and so do my tires.

My flap control is way separated from the gear switch so I feel confident in
going into reflex just after touch-down which helps get the weight on the
wheels to improve braking if needed. Only bother to do this when arriving at
a short field where braking (some) may be required.

Dan Schaefer

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