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Old 26th Apr 2009, 00:22
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Originally Posted by ChristiaanJ
We'll probably have to read again carefully through what the MLG brake pressures were doing over the last second or three.
NLG shows skid marks (braking?) before it goes completely sideways.
Symmetrical braking traces from both MLG are present from around 60 meters until the wall
ChristiaanJ, this seems to be an accurate translation from the report.
The question is : Where are the braking traces ???

As you know, NLG is not equipped with brakes, so the earliest visible marks are not from braking action but well from skidding. Just a mere degrees sideways in the early stage are enough to produce these marks.
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