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A question for any Virgin Emb190 Crew (Mods If posted in wrong section please feel free to move, thanks).
I am often at Hervey Bay Airport (at least once weekly over the last year) and have noticed that on landing, just how quickly the aircraft stops and usually well before the RPT turn off.
It then appears to me to be very slow in the taxi to the turn off and apron. Is there any operational/technical/crew reason for what appears to be a slow taxi speed compared to other jets (B737/B717)?
I have no ulterior motif for this question, just interested as to why this might be.
I am often at Hervey Bay Airport (at least once weekly over the last year) and have noticed that on landing, just how quickly the aircraft stops and usually well before the RPT turn off.
It then appears to me to be very slow in the taxi to the turn off and apron. Is there any operational/technical/crew reason for what appears to be a slow taxi speed compared to other jets (B737/B717)?
I have no ulterior motif for this question, just interested as to why this might be.
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Not having been to HVB in many, many years, I wonder if the slow taxi is due to engine cool-down requirements.
If 71s & 73s miss the turn onto the apron and have to backtrack, they'll probably achieve the required 3 minutes (B717) cool-down at normal taxi speed. If however one taxis straight off the runway, then its only a minute or so.
Experience shows, as soon as the aeroplane is perceived by the pax to have stopped, or almost stopped, they're up and out of their seats. In a 717 this early rising makes cross-checking that Door 2 is disarmed extremely difficult.
If 71s & 73s miss the turn onto the apron and have to backtrack, they'll probably achieve the required 3 minutes (B717) cool-down at normal taxi speed. If however one taxis straight off the runway, then its only a minute or so.
Experience shows, as soon as the aeroplane is perceived by the pax to have stopped, or almost stopped, they're up and out of their seats. In a 717 this early rising makes cross-checking that Door 2 is disarmed extremely difficult.
Compared with 737 the 190 has better brakes (carbon vs steel) but same engine cool down requirement (3 mins at/near idle). So you can get the taxiway but need to stretch the taxi.
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Thanks to all for the replies. All explained so I can now stop wondering why.
Capt Claret, good to see you're still out and about and apart from the runway, you'd not recognise the place now.
Capt Claret, good to see you're still out and about and apart from the runway, you'd not recognise the place now.
