Re: Starship rotors & Drilling

["Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@snetel.com>]

On Mon, 15 Apr 1996 STEADIRIC@aol.com wrote:

> No such thing.  Brakes change Kinetic energy into Thermal energy.  THe 
> only way that you could get "Low Heat Brake Pads" would to be increase 
> the swept area.....  The warping is because of a lack of cooling air, 
> That's what you need to be looking for.......  Just drilling those rotors 
> is going to make them warp faster because your reducing the Thermal mass 
> of the rotors.
> 

If drilled properly, you are allowing them to cool quicker. The thermal 
mass loss is insignificant compared to the cooling gains you get from 
drilling them.

That one gets a little Bzzt. :)

Bob



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