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Old 22nd Feb 2023, 15:55
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FlightDetent

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goeasy Not sure you were invited. Honest, there's nothing wrong with your posts, being disoriented in a noisy environment is not a sin.

Unnecessary brake wear is an ugly beast and with carbons great much of it can be avoided by operating them well. Still and ever, they are energy reservoirs with limited capacity. Start with the bucket not emptied properly - find out you're overfilling earlier than expected. The videos with the brakes meltin' red show an undesirable state where the assemblies are at their edge limit to contain the braked energy.

When unable to avoid departing with the brakes heated up there are limits of what's reasonable, not very strict. Sure, (fanless) indication of 300 is accepted and that is not the 'starting energy' limit even.

But showing up warm at the threshold deliberately, convinced it is the right thing to do .... ?
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