That's exactly what he's saying. When you become an old bull you'll certainly understand. And age really has nothing to do with it.

 

Well it has something to do with it...............

 

The 2000 isn't certified for the US; don't drag it into the mix.

 

Isn't it the outside nosewheel tire that comes off the ground in sharp turns?



At touchdown, there is a certain amount of kinetic energy that must be converted to something else in order for the airplane to achieve taxi speed. A good deal of that is converted into heat in the brakes. Whether it takes 3 seconds, or 15, it is about the same. What I'm trying to say is MAX braking rate shouldn't make the brakes a whole lot hotter than MED or MIN. Yes, somewhat higher, but I don't know about "brake temps get pretty high" higher.

But the reversers... yeah, I know the reversers change a lot of that. If you have a long runway and get to use reversers down to 60 knots, and then start using wheel brakes, they'll absorb a lot less energy, and be lots cooler. Consider, however, that our landing distances are calculated using no reversers, and brake temps have to be within limits in that case, too. Basically, the cooler temperatures enjoyed by using MIN BRAKES are not because of the slower rate, directly. The cooler temps result from longer use of the reversers.



I don't recall a 45-minute cooling restriction after MAX BRAKING . . . but it's been a couple of years. Where did that come from? The APLC module requires cooling when certain environmental conditions and aircraft weights are combined, but I don't think it mentions AutoBrake setting. There's not even an INPUT for that parameter.


I might have missed it or forgotten it, so that's why I'm askin'. I'm not aware of such a restriction in the DC-10, and I am supposed to know that stuff now.







BTW, I've seen a MAX BRAKING stop in the DC-10 (from the Oiler's Seat) in Subic... impressive.


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No, inside of the turn. Same as one of Velvet Elvis' rent-a-Lambos (just ask him)

Of course all the wheels are "outside" of the cabin

 

Don't pay attention to any of these guys, Kilo Alpha. Enjoy (and flaunt) your knowlege while you can... It's axiomatic that age and knowlege are inversely proportional.

By the time you're Capt Mark's age, you'll be just as dumb as he is, and by the time you're 60, you'll be sitting on the toilet mumbling to yourself "this is the only time I really know what I'm doing".

Ah, the omniscience of youth... When I was 23, I knew EVERYTHING! I mean EVERYTHING!

 

Let's get this straight: the tail didn't fall off. It was wrenched off in a violent series of maneuvers that exceeded the design ultimate load to such an extent that no aircraft in production could have withstood the forces.

Here's a quote from the NTSB's report:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by the first officer’s unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs. Contributing to these rudder pedal inputs were characteristics of the Airbus A300-600 rudder system design and elements of the American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Program.

A 747, 777 or even your beloved Saab would have ended up in exactly the same condition had it been placed in a similar aerodynamic condition.

 

I don't love the SAAB, it's the vehicle I am paid to fly. It's my POS, if you will. You can trash talk on it all day long, I don't care. It doesn't hurt my feelings, I'm not gonna cry myself to sleep, I don't feel any less of a man for flying a TP, on and on and on ... I don't *****n care !

You are all morons for entering into a debate about who's plane is better; do you honestly care ??

I don't fly for fun anymore, it's my job. I couldn't give two sh*ts what it is I am flying. I'd fly a Seneca if it were associated with high pay, great benefits, retirement, et cetera.

 

Now thats funny LOL

 

Yeah, me too, and every day after that I got stupider. At 55, I realized that I had reached the blissful state of complete ignorance, so I retired.