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Old 1st Sep 2005, 17:50
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My understanding of carbon brakes is that wear is related to number of applications. Wear is highest upon initial "bite".

Hence the "tip" for taxying to apply one big application (big as in long period, not heavy foot). Means you end up slowing to very slow and allowing acceleration to very fast taxy....admittedly not ideal.



Does anyone think about tyre wear during all these "recommended" (according to some posters here) hard braking applications after landing? Tyres cost, not just brakes.



Nope....sorry.... heap of junk. Tiny tyres,very high touchdown speeds, no reversers, wet runway. Not good.



I shouldn't mention low hours (hence low experience) crews building time in order to move onto proper jets.

So I won't mention that.
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