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Old 11th September 2020 | 07:17
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error_401
 
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PEI_3721,

good point. That's the reason why I stressed autobrake to MAX and not to an intermediate setting. Simply because in a crosswind landing on contaminated runways I'm not good enough to perform 4 actions at the same time (touchdown elevator, rudder, aileron, thrust levers). The most important being to keep the rudder input, even increase it with deceleration together with the ailerons. Unfortunately we have less and less opportunities to actually land on contaminated runways.

A word of caution: Make sure your aircraft does a maximum braking with autobrake MAX and not a deceleration rate, in which case I agree with you that efficiency of wheel brakes may be covered by reversers. Now I'm not going to wait with reverser deployment longer than needed after main gear touchdown when landing in Tromsoe or such places at maximum crosswind for the contamination.

Couple years ago on the E190 when flying to the nordic countries quite a bit I have studied several runway overruns and found a major contributor in wrong rudder application. Interesting in this instance is that in many cases rudder went to neutral/center position with brake application and the crosswind upset the whole braking. This is the reason why I select autobrake to MAX and have all the time and concentration left to keep the aircraft straight with rudder and ailerons and apply reversers accordingly.
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