Hi, In the FMC under, PMDG Setup / Aircraft / Equipment / Page # 6.

Where is the carbon brake setting option?

Hi, In the FMC under, PMDG Setup / Aircraft / Equipment / Page # 6.

Thanks Michael. Carried out a successful auto-land including braking well within the turn-off at MegaAirport EGLL without even having to touch the brakes at all,this time using Auto-Brake level 2 instead of 3 I had been using and running into the 'hot brakes' situation.Maybe that is what is the correct procedure as it is per the Tutorial Flight.

some people think they have to do a ultra-mega-hyper-super smooth landing (like 10ft\min).. so they always forget to put the damn wheels on the ground in the very start of the runway (btw, do you know why there are white marks on the ground?) hmm wait.. I remember something...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2o0acIlm4

Since have carbon brakes been in use on the 737NG in use? Are they a customer option or standard equipment by now?

Since have carbon brakes been in use on the 737NG in use?

From what I remember after reading up a bit on them a week or two back, I believe Delta received the first NG's with carbon brakes in 2008.

I think this is related to FSX because it happens to me a lot. I think what happens is that although autothrust is off, you are not given control of the thrust until you nudge the throttle forward and back a bit. This always works for me when I notice that I am not slowing down. Henri

From what I remember after reading up a bit on them a week or two back, I believe Delta received the first NG's with carbon brakes in 2008.

So that means, all frames delivered before that date still have steel brakes, unless they have been retrofitted?

So that means, all frames delivered before that date still have steel brakes, unless they have been retrofitted?

I'd assume so, yes. Here's the article I remember reading. http://www.aviationw..._p40-232807.xml

The 737 NG fleet has two carbon-brake OEM options: Messier-Bugatti and Goodrich. The Messier-Bugatti variety entered service first, following a one-month certification program that ended March 11, 2008. FAA certified the 737 NG carbon brakes on July 24, 2008, and Delta Air Lines received the first of 10 737-700 NGs fitted with the Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes in August 2008.

Okay. Good to know. One sure has to do some serious research to equip the particular B737 flown accordingly, thanks to all these awesome customization options.

Flew KSJC-KSNA tonight, Tandy3 STAR, I don't know why, but the approach from SLIon different planes has always seemed a bit hairy, even so I was at 240 by POM andgot into the ILS path just fine, used autoland, hit reverse thrust at touchdown andstopped just fine before the last taxiway off. Was very smooth and enjoyable actually!

Hi everyone, If you brake, do not apply full brake but rather like 75 % (for steel brakes that is)So what I do is get the aircraft to slow down to VrefTouch down: spoilers out, main wheels on the ground then REV thrustAt around 80 kts REV thrust idle and that is were I build up pressure on the toe brakes too around 70-80%. If you are not sure whether it is a controller issue or temparture then verify this on the lower middle display showing the temperature.You also might verify the brake pressure. PS> maybe a real pilot can tell us if this is the "good" technique to do or not. Love to learn.

Watch the maintenance, even with faults turned off I`m sure I`ve had to perform the maintenance service to recover full 100% brake use. Which is only natural if you think about it, no faults but the aircraft still needs regular servicing. Just a thought and may not be the problem,

Don't know if it was faulty, but my NGX landed yesterday with faded brakes, so I went in full reverse and this was the effect, just like with the C-17 doing a short field landing ==> Watch this

some people think they have to do a ultra-mega-hyper-super smooth landing (like 10ft\min).. so they always forget to put the damn wheels on the ground in the very start of the runway (btw, do you know why there are white marks on the ground?)

That's really a good argument which I should remember from time to time, too. Patric

I decided to try some RTO's today, on my first attempt with brake temps at 0.0 I did a RTO a few knots prior to V1 which was around 120knots, I was watching the brake temps the same time.. well... I got good braking (braked manually) down to around 90knots, at that point the brake temps got to just over 2 and then... bam instant 10 brake temp and my brakes failed.. Question, are steel brakes supposed to be able to stop you more than 30 knots of hard braking or is that all they have? Well it tried it a few more times after I reset the brake failure and temp and got the same results even from lower speed rejects, go over 100 knots and good luck stopping. I attempted to use the autobrake RTO function on a couple of attempts but it didn't seem to engage (spoiler did though) so they were all using manual full braking.