Since 2009 the Schempp-hirth gliders (at least) have been offered with
Behringer wheels.

Careful -
1] on tar that white stripe is expensive.
2] on grass the limiting factor is coefficient of friction...

Bruce

On 2013/07/31 9:46 PM, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:17:47 AM UTC-7, bumper wrote:
On Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:36:09 AM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
I know that there really are some good ones (though not in my personal experience!) , just NOT on any of the glider I had. The LS3, LS4 and Speed Astir both use the same lame brake, and the brake on the Janus is even less effective. It just always annoyed me that they built these beautiful ships with such ridiculously poor brakes. I
If I had the time, I'd try to find someone to retrofit the Janus with a G103(Magura/BMW/CLeavland) (brake.


Schleicher has put Cleveland disc brakes on their gliders since at least



1984, when I got my ASW 20 C, and they work beautifully. Too bad you



missed out on "Awesome!" for three decades, but it's not too late to buy



one now!



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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA



2nd what Eric says . . . nothing at all wrong with Schleicher's brakes. Strong, easy to precisely modulate, and as trouble free as most any aircraft brake system.



bumper

MKIV yaw string & QV (quiet vent)


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Bruce Greeff
T59D #1771