according to the present invention is generally indicated at 10 the brake 10 generally comprises a brake actuator assembly 11 and a heat sink in the form of a brake disk stack 12 the brake disk stack 12 can be of a conventional design including stationary brake elements and rotary brake elements that are interleaved and surround a torque tube or equivalent not shown the stationary and rotary brake elements usually are in the form of stator disks 15 and rotor disks 16 the stator disks 15 typically are splined to the torque tube and the rotor disks 16 are splined to a wheel not shown interiorly of the wheel 39 s rim as is conventional the splined connection may be effected by a plurality of spline or drive keys that are spaced around the circumference of the rim torque tube to permit axial movement of the rotor stator disks while being held to the wheel torque tube against relative rotation the wheel not shown typically is supported for rotation on an axle not shown by axially spaced apart bearings not shown the axle thus forms a wheel mount and typically is attached to an aircraft landing gear strut or truck not shown the brake actuator assembly 11 includes a brake head 18 also commonly referred to as a brake housing having a central opening 19 for mounting of the brake head on the landing gear axle or other wheel support for some.