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Re: [ST] Counter Rotating Brakes



I was thinking he was talking about air plane air brakes where they raise a
section of the wing to create more drag.

--J


On 4/17/06, Steve Lawler <slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> ???
> I always assumed that air brakes used pressurized air to retract the
> pistons. Thus when you loose air pressure the wheels lock up. IIRC, back
> when I had my Class 2 license, on trucks equipped w/ air brakes I would
> have to let the pressure build up before I could release the parking
> brake.
>
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