Brakes - LandRover?........?que :-)
Regs
>
> >Do you know anyone at Gaydon
>
> Yes, we provide services at G-D... (well, shhh, the place "next
> door") - trouble is, I'm a little 'too' well known, and I want to save
> some favours for a latter date ;-)
>
> (also, see note below)
>
> Plus, getting on their 'puterised test rig would only be possibly by
> signing all kind of nasty documents, and then conducting the tests I'd
> like to look at doing at 5am...
>
> > - I assume that they have the necessary kit?
>
> And some!
>
> >I'll ask a few people I know at Solihull, but they are all
> >production people so it's a thin chance.
>
> Lode Lane is out of the question - I've asked someone who is pretty
> much 'up there', and he told me to, well, 'go away' really :-)
>
> >Do you know anyone in a brake manufacturer who would swap time /
> >assistance for publicity materials?
>
> Don't want to try that, for 'certain' reasons.
>
> >If you can accept a slightly less technological approach you could
> >approach someone in MoD. REME at Catterick certainly have a test
> >track (I drove all sorts of stuff around it as a student in 1990).
> >Brake testing was an everyday test, but not to the level of precision
> >you are looking for I suspect.
>
> Yeah, I'd thought about REME, and I know a couple of Officers who
> would really love to have a play, but again, I'd like to pay some hard
> cash - and not to get into favours. This is because I need an
> independent report from their test equipment which cannot be later
> challenged on the grounds of it being a 'mates thing'.
>
> >An interesting question though - what are you looking to measure? >
> Lots :-)
>
>
> Regards
>
> Martyn
>
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