Quote Originally Posted by Av8r3400 View Post
I could never get my Matco brakes to work acceptably either.

These brakes are now strong enough to hold the plane at a full power run-up, or even nose it over if I wanted.
In the old days - Sorry - the inability to nose over was considered a virtue. That being said, I have had Matco original kit supplied brakes on both my Model IVs. I was able to initiate a nose over on the first one, but caught it in time, and have had no issues with the new ones braking wise, except for having to replace the original 1992 pads - they crumbled and fell out. There are literally tons of guys out there still running their original Matco's but we each have our priorities for sure.