What's a "dry brake" system?
 

Somewhat off-topic, but I was watching Calvin Fish explain how they change the whole monobloc caliper in the Daytona 24 hour race. He mentioned that it's a "dry brake, so there's no fluid, no bleeding has to be done..." How can this work? There were bleeder valves on the caliper, so I assume it's got fluid in it. If he misspoke about the "dry brake," I would still think you'd need to bleed the thing if you disconnected it, and he said they could do a caliper/rotor change in under a minute.

uwaeve

FOund that using Google...
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...05/ai_n8839474

Interesting...

Good stuff...

It's about time for something like this! I especially like the fact that it uses less parts and weighs considerably less. Application list please!!

I wonder what the pedal feed back feels like...

Thanks, Kolia.

Very interesting. Google must not have liked my search string or something. Or I'm an idiot. One of the three.

I bet you can make the pedal feel however you want, since it's no longer directly connected to the hydraulic system. More like brake-by-wire.

In fact, you can probably make it the perfect pedal: pressure sensitive with no displacement.

uwaeve

Don't car makers currently install diagonally seperated brake systems so that in case something goes wrong, you can still brake more or less straight ? What would heppen if one of the motors breaks or a "corner" start leaking ? Wouldn't that get you in trouble the first time you brake, more than with a conventional system ?

Danny

Nothing would be left to chance. The system would detect any problem and balance the braking accordingly. My guess is the average driver wouldn’t even notice it, apart from the reduced braking performance.

Safety level will be at least on par to current systems.