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Old 10th Aug 2008, 18:44
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Ptkay
 
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Ridiculous on the face of it - landing is precisely when a pilot *does* need the wheelbrakes.
You have no idea.
This is the same scenario that crashed the Lufthansa in Warsaw.
The brakes will not deploy until the status "on the ground" is reached !!!
(as stated before, to protect from landing with brakes on)
Hence once the status "in the air" is faked to the computer by pulling the breaker,
the brakes turn off.

As simple as that!!!
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