Q. What kind of savings can I expect when purchasing Nasco brakes?

A. Savings are determined by purchase volume and can be significantly below the original manufacturer’s costs, thereby saving the commercial airline industry and military millions of maintenance dollars annually.

Q. If your products are equal or better in quality to OEM parts, how can Nasco offer such large savings and sell brake parts at a lower cost than the OEM?

A. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) pay multi-million "placement fees" and provide OEM brakes to the aircraft manufacturers at no cost with the understanding that the new aircraft buyers must purchase OEM aftermarket parts. The OEM brake manufacturer recoups its “buy in” investment through high priced replacement parts to aircraft operators. Nasco does not need to increase prices to pay for “buy in” costs. Moreover, Nasco has substantially lower corporate and administrative overhead costs than the OEM’s.

Q. What kind of performance record does Nasco have with its products?

A. Nasco has produced FAA-approved steel brake rotors for commercial aircraft since 1989 and USAF-approved friction lining and steel brake components for more than 20 U.S. military aircraft since 1971. These components have recorded tens of millions of safe landings.

Q. Can Nasco brake components be used with OEM components?

A. Nasco steel brake friction linings, rotors and other parts are fully interchangeable with original manufacturer parts on a part-by-part basis. They can be mixed and interchanged with original components on the same brake. Nasco’s carbon brake replace OEM brake stacks as a unit and fit into the OEM brake housing.

Q. Are there any other companies like Nasco, providing an alternate source for commercial brake components, potentially saving millions in maintenance costs annually?

A. No. Nasco is the only FAA Approved alternate source manufacturer of aircraft brake components for FAR Part 25 commercial aircraft.

Q. Where are your manufacturing facilities?

A. NNasco friction lining, steel brake components and carbon brakes are manufactured in Southern California. Most of this activity takes place in our Gardena facility, south of downtown Los Angeles.

Q. The OEMs claim that Nasco can sell for less because they have lower R&D expenses than those required by the OEM?

A. Nasco’s R&D expense as a percentage of revenue is equal to or greater than the OEMs. Like the OEMs, Nasco spends many millions of dollars to dynamometer test and flight test its parts to gain FAA approval The reason why Nasco can sell at a lower cost is because Nasco does not support the “buy in” or the corporate and administrative overheads experienced by the OEMs.