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Old 18th Jun 2010, 15:55
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OK, I'll bite. I can visualize the torsional energy thing. But when the brakes are released the torsional energy would actually make the aircraft go forward until it is dissipated, not backwards
Yes it would. And the release would have to be sudden to generate an impulse strong enough to set the aircraft rolling. A slow bleed-off of brake pressure and the aircraft would simply ease forward a distance commensurate with the amount the axle was twisted. I would guess mere centimetres.
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