Originally Posted by
bkC130
Interesting discussion of 737 braking capability including -800 mod....I flew BBJs for several years and never noticed a lack of braking on wet runways but I can't compare it to any other (bigger) Boeings....Autobrake 2 always seemed a good tradeoff between required stopping performance and spilling the passengers' coffee...
The BBJ is a 700, which is the sportier of the NGs and has performance that reminded me of the 737... just in a small football shaped package.
It landed very well and stopped very well... it came down final at normal-ish speeds even at flaps 15.
The 800, on the other hand... well, a normal approach at flaps 30 is going to be in the mid 150s with flaps 40 only reducing that by a handful of knots.