Hitting the Brakes Electronically
 

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Hitting the Brakes Electronically :)
Aviation Week
Dec 27, 2006
By Paul Seidenman & David J. Spanovich/Overhaul &
Maintenance Electric brake systems should mean fewer
parts and less maintenance for operators.
When All Nippon Airways (ANA) became Boeing's 787 launch
customer in May 2004, the Tokyo-based airline also was in
line to become the first operator of a commercial aircraft
equipped with electric brakes as standard equipment.
"The electric brakes will mean less maintenance costs
because they have fewer parts, which are easily changed
and less complicated than the hydraulic pipes [in standard systems],
" said Damion Martin, ANA's public relations and marketing
representative in Los Angeles. "It's part of what makes the
airplane less costly to operate." For its aircraft, which will
enter service in 2008, All Nippon chose Goodrich as its 787
brake supplier.
The choice of an electronic braking system for its new
widebody twinjet was a logical decision for Boeing, given that
the aircraft was designed to use new-generation, cost-saving
structural and component systems. Boeing offers both Goodrich
and Messier-Bugatti electric brakes on the 787.
John

Interesting idea, electric brakes.
 

Discussed a bit earlier here on Pprune in this thread.