braking action
1Braking action — in aviation is a description of how easily an aircraft can stop after landing on a runway. Either pilots or airport management can report the braking action.When reporting braking action, any of the following terms may be used: *Good *Medium… …
2braking action advisories — When tower controllers have received runway braking action reports that include the terms poor or nil, or whenever weather conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing runway braking conditions, the tower will include on the ATIS …
3braking action report — A report on the conditions on the airport movement area, providing a pilot with information on the degree or quality of braking that may be expected. The terms good, fair, poor, or nil are used to report this condition …
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5braking — The action of operating the devices for slowing the motion of a vehicle. Also see active braking time all out braking cadence braking diagonal split braking system dual circuit braking system dual line braking system dual braking system engine… …
6Braking Assistance System — Aide au freinage d urgence Pour les articles homonymes, voir AFU, BA et BAS. 1. Un véhicule devant s arrête/est à l …
7braking — i. As it pertains to aircraft, the action of reducing the aircraft speed on the ground by applying the brakes. ii. As applicable to parachuting, it means holding both steering toggles down to slow the canopy’s forward speed …
8Anti-lock braking system — An anti lock braking system (ABS, from German: Antiblockiersystem) is a safety system that allows the wheels on a motor vehicle to continue interacting tractively with the road surface as directed by driver steering inputs while braking,… …
9Trail braking — is a motorcycle riding and driving technique where the brakes are used beyond the entrance to a turn and are gradually released up to the point of apex. Usage in motorcycling In applying this technique, motorcycle riders approach turns applying… …
10Magnetic braking — The magnetic field lines rotates together with the Sun as a solid object. Ionized material carried along the field lines will at some point rc escape the magnetic field lines and thus take away the Sun s angular momentum Magnetic braking is a… …