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Old 15th Feb 2017, 20:37
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Touching down with a higher pitch attitude means that derotation by itself will put more weight on the wheels thus making braking more effective.
The brakes have no memory of where the aircraft was before - it's the instantaneous load on the gear that gives the brakes their effectiveness. If you landed at a high pitch attitude or a low pitch attitude, once you are derotated it's all the same - at speed V the load on the gears will be the same, however you got there.

What a higher attitude will affect is:
1. Most aircraft prohibit braking until nose is on the ground. higher nose at start = longer to get it on the ground = later start to braking. Obviously, the earlier you can start braking the better.
2. Higher attitude implies a lower speed all other things being equal. Lower speed is always better for stopping from.

For any given configuration/design there will be a sweet spot where the two combine to give the best stopping performance. of course, it may not be practical based on other considerations (min speeds, view over the nose, avoiding nose-down landings, ...)
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