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Old 27th Oct 2000, 08:58
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Fighter pilots used to say that forward stick produced an upwards tail force reducing wheel loading, and therefore if enough brake was applied to keep the nose down then aft stick would increase brake capability. ('specially when the antiskid operates.)

Maybe. I have always thought it particularly ugly to use lots of forward column when there is no call for it. Every pilot seems to instinctively know when enough is enough.