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Old 3rd Nov 2015, 02:41
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Derfred
 
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Wow, it's amazing something so simple can be so confusing.

According to my Boeing manuals, a wet runway does not need to consider braking action at all.

Only a contaminated or slippery runway must consider braking action.

This is why the performance OPT application for my Boeing aircraft asks whether the runway is:

1. Dry
2. Wet
3. Good
4. Good/Medium
5. Medium
6. Medium/Poor
7. Poor

Options 3-7 are for contaminated or slippery runways only.

So, go ahead piratepete, and use option 5 every time there's a bit of rain. It will cost you around 6000kg of payload on a typical 2250M runway.

The rest of us in the world will use option 2, as prescribed by the Boeing manuals.
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