Post by LOU on Jan 8th, 2013 at 4:31pm
Mark said: Oops. I guess I've been doing it wrong. I use the higher numbers if I want to stop faster and get off the runway ASAP (like at the earliest runway exit possible)!
No, you were doing it correctly.
Bigger number, the more auto-brakes you get. Using auto-brakes should get you stopped sooner since the computer applies just the right amount of brake for the selected amount. Of all the Boeing planes I flew, the only plane that was hard to stop was the 747. It was very easy to heat up the brakes if you applied a bit much. The 767-300 was the next in the hot brake family. The 757 and 727 did not need as much brake to stop.
As I said above in an earlier post, one time I used 4 on the 767-200 at the end of a ferry flight and it stopped VERY fast. :o
Too much brake gets you this! :o
Lou
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No, you were doing it correctly.
Bigger number, the more auto-brakes you get. Using auto-brakes should get you stopped sooner since the computer applies just the right amount of brake for the selected amount. Of all the Boeing planes I flew, the only plane that was hard to stop was the 747. It was very easy to heat up the brakes if you applied a bit much. The 767-300 was the next in the hot brake family. The 757 and 727 did not need as much brake to stop.
As I said above in an earlier post, one time I used 4 on the 767-200 at the end of a ferry flight and it stopped VERY fast. :o
Too much brake gets you this! :o
Lou
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