User:Craig.tilson127

Anti-skid brakes:

The purpose of anti-skid is to bring the aircraft to a stop, reducing the landing run, increasing tyre life, obtaining maximum braking efficiency, and not allowing any skidding or locking of wheels. This is achieved by converting the Kinetic Energy of movement into heat energy by the friction developed in the brakes. Maximum brake effectiveness is where the friction between the tyre and the runway surface should be very close to the friction in the brake system, this allows for the speed of the tyre to be slightly less than the speed of the aircraft.