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I didn't realize that most of the braking on landing was handled by the landing gear. I'd always assumed that the obvious sound of the engines reversing when we
by eric_h 8y ago
I didn't realize that most of the braking on landing was handled by the landing gear. I'd always assumed that the obvious sound of the engines reversing when we landed did most of the work, but some casual googling suggests that it's only supplementary, to reduce the load on the landing gear.
- loeg 8y agohttps://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-379610.html https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-379610.html is interesting :-). Also, https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1219/for-large-jets-what-is-the-primary-means-of-slowing-down-after-landing https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1219/for-large-... .