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Old 14th Dec 2007, 06:41
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Avi8tor
 
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carbon brakes needs heat
Carbon brakes work fine cold, but the wear most when cold. Most flight manual's recomend slow, progressive application through the landing roll. There was a LONG discourse on the subject in the 'Tech Log' a while back.

Never having flown a canadian fishing trawler, but in do have 4000hrs in turbo props. My 4X4Xfar wont coast to a halt from 180kph in 1400m, that has the frontal area of of a block of flats. Be interested to see what the torque gauges say when the props are in 'beta' range.
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