Originally posted by klave
thanks alot for the great info I recieved. Two things that I was doing wrong #1 gliding the jet in, #2 not applying slight brake pressure before landing.
Appologies if you already covered this & I'm just missing it - depending on which type of brake actuator you are using, and how much air you are carrying for the brake system, you may need to be careful about "applying slight brake pressure before landing"....
If you use e.g. a Smoothstop, then the partial brake setting should not be a problem at all.
If you use something like the Jetronics brake valve, then be aware of teh fact that the system uses air continuously (by pulsing it) between the 10% and 90% brakes-on position. In order to not use up all of your brake-system air before you actually need it, you should check just how much air you are using up per unit time, and how much air you are carrying, Use that information to decide whether it matters when you put the brakes on, and whether you need to immediately remove the brake pre-set if you do a go-around.
Note - just to be clear, I am
not saying that you can't pre-set the brakles withe the jetronics style valve - just that you should do a careful check on capacity & rate of use.
Gordon