Big Brakes

[Larry C Leung]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:07:07 -0500 Unka Bart <gatorojo at earthlink.net>
writes:
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>>surface interface between tire and road.
>
>Always nice to hear from you, your posts are always well thought-out,
>comprehensive and informative; and thus in a word, interesting.  
>Thanks for
>the thoughtful addition to the discussion.

Thanks.

>
>>Now Bigger Brakes can dissapate the heat faster (not really, it just 
>gets
>>spread around more) hence they can keep up the RATE of braking 
>longer
>>without fade.
>
>I'm not sure that I agree with this completely.  Larger brakes, by 
>virtue
>of their larger surface area, are able to radiate more heat per unit 
>of
>time, than the smaller ones with less surface area.  

Means the same thing, the radiation of heat (thus braking rate) is
directly related to the ability of the brake to provide full force over
time. So, same thing said differently.

And Unka, your comments are always welcome and entertaining, and
unfortunately rather scarce....

LL - NY