do pilots use auto-brakes while landing???

Answer 1

Some aircraft have autobrakes and the pilot can set the intensity (low, medium, etc.). Part way through the landing roll, the pilot will apply pressure to the brakes and that will kick off the autobrakes. Leaving the autobrakes on all the way to a stop is not desirable as the brakes may overheat. Setting autobrakes is just a matter of setting a switch before takeoff and landing.
Autobrakes are used on takeoff when available and will apply heavy braking automatically in the event the takeoff is aborted above a certain speed.

Answer 2

Yes most of the pilots use auto brakes for landing unless the runway is really long.

Answer 3

yes most airlines and pilot use auto brakes. they are used more because airliners use carbon fiber brakes and they are most useful when they are heated. for example when braking we are taught to apply heavy breaking and then let go let the airplane accelerate and apply heavy breaking again. the auto brakes can do this for us automatically. but we also use auto brakes for things like rejected takeoff. if at anytime during the takeoff and we decide to abort the brakes will kick on hard to keep the aircraft on the runway and get it stopped. and also during landing to make it a little smoother for the passengers.

Answer 4

Before we go for the details we must understand what are the methods of breaking. These are few methods to stop the plane:-
1. Air brakes normaly protude out on wing surface to increase the drag thus decreasing the speed.
2. Thrust reversal will cause aircraft to decelerate as the engines produse thrust in opposite direction to slow the planes.
3. At the end comes the auto brakes which will be applied to stop the air craft and they are normally used in slow taxi.
4. Generally at High speeds, the combination of Air Brakes and Thrust reversal is used.

I hope this will solve your query.

Answer 5

They use brakes only at the end of the roll-out. They mostly use the aerodynamics of the plane to slow it. On a small plane, they hold the nose high as long as possible. On commercials, they have speed brakes on the wings and, of course, reverse thrust. But, the tires are small, the brakes are small, the weight is large, so they are not the main reason the plane slows. Normally, the brakes are applied through the rudder pedals, which are horizontally hinged. Pressing with the toe operates the brakes on that side of the plane.

Answer 6

When appropriate. So mostly not in good conditions.

The failure to use the autobrakes in the Chicago Midway Southwest overrun incident has been cited in the case against Southwest. Basically SW doesn't like using them, but there are times when the a/c could do with being on the brakes as soon as possible. Basically the autobrakes cause more wear than bleeding off the speed with aerodynamic drag and thrust reverse, that costs money. But not stopping on the runway costs lives.

Answer 7

The auto breaking system is only used in the heavy airline aircraft. Eg 767,747 ect.

The pilots can set the intensity usine a knob on the centre console.

Answer 8

There are diverse styles of autopilot. the finest, you may take your palms off the controls and the plane flies in a rapidly line and keeps an identical altitude. so which you will unfold out a chart (map) and seem at it, or do calculations for a direction, stuff like that. the optimal point of autopilot, you key in the coordinates of your holiday spot and the plane flies there rapidly. yet you may not in basic terms bypass in the back and make a sandwich, you nevertheless ought to maintain an eye fixed on it. It relieves pilots of many of the paintings they should do in the cockpit.

Answer 9

No... even on the latest and greatest 'smart' planes... the pilot still has to tap the toe brakes on landing

Answer 10

yes, autobrakes are great because they give the aircraft a constant rate of deceleration thereby keeping it smooth. you can choose which setting to use depending on the length of the runway.