Re: Pulling a Stop to Runway Overruns
This thread has become rather personalised – but that so often happens here.
It started with an excellent proposal – pull the stick back to improve braking in the landing run.
This simple idea is in danger of being lost so (if I may be allowed) I will start the thread all over again.
A suggestion to reduce the chances of an overrun accident
On a tricycle gear aircraft pulling the stick back increases the effective ‘weight’ on the main wheels and in many circumstances this will increase the retardation available from the brakes. It will never make the brakes less effective. The military use this technique widely so does anybody know why the civil manufacturers apparently ignore it?
My guess is that they ignore it because the precise effect would be too difficult to quantify due to the many variables that would be involved between different landings. So therefore they say if you can’t actually quantify the benefit it has no place in the manual.
Anybody know?
Any civil testers out there care to comment?