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Old 10th Jan 2006, 01:40
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RatherBeFlying
 
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Re: Pulling a Stop to Runway Overruns

Static loads while parked and dynamic loads while braking are different cases with greater nose wheel loadings under braking.
Having scuffed my shoes on snow covered runway surfaces, I can testify that there can be substantial difference in runway friction coefficient if the contamination is crunched through.
If that 5/10/20% maingear loading differential yields some 50% increase in friction coefficient, the stopping distance goes down substantially.
So maybe somebody will pull an old jet transport airframe out of the boneyard, take it where there's snow and a long runway and produce some real numbers.
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