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Old December 27th 05, 05:54 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Go-around - my first sighting

Jim Macklin wrote:
A big issue is brake heat, you do need to give the binders
time to cool and the air flow while the gear is down and
locked after take-off and on final helps a lot.


you mean stopping a few hundred thousand pounds going 140 knots
in 6000 feet generates heat???? ;-)

Speaking of which, just read on the NTSB website that there
was yet another Cirrus that burned up from the brakes during
an extended taxi. There have been many of these. One of
these was in my flying club. The plane was squawked for
a dragging brake apparently MANY times and was signed off
every time. And they supposedly rebuilt it "good as new."
Hmmmm.....

Gerald