Those Clever Maxerets

[Ramshornvortex]

From today's Vulcan News from the VTTST:

These are just one of the world-beating British innovations that make the Vulcan such an inspirational engineering triumph. A locked front wheel stops the aircraft steering; any locked wheel increases the stopping distance. A skid also ruins the tyres, which can be dangerous and expensive (particularly for XH558 as we don't have many spares).

My emphasis, by the way.

Question: How does the Maxeret braking system fitted to XH558 stop the front wheels from locking?

Answers on a postcard (or here if you like)......

[Sploosher]

are they like ABS on cars...............

[RLN]

I remember them being fitted to coaches in the '60s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxaret

[Bovril]

virtualy impossible to lock the front wheel and its not because of ABS : it simpler than that

[Xplumberlives]

This is interesting;

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/ ... 01433.html

[Mayfly]

From today's Vulcan News from the VTTST:

These are just one of the world-beating British innovations that make the Vulcan such an inspirational engineering triumph. A locked front wheel stops the aircraft steering; any locked wheel increases the stopping distance. A skid also ruins the tyres, which can be dangerous and expensive (particularly for XH558 as we don't have many spares).

My emphasis, by the way.

Question: How does the Maxeret braking system fitted to XH558 stop the front wheels from locking?

Answers on a postcard (or here if you like)......

Could it be by ESP?

[Crew chief]

From today's Vulcan News from the VTTST:

These are just one of the world-beating British innovations that make the Vulcan such an inspirational engineering triumph. A locked front wheel stops the aircraft steering; any locked wheel increases the stopping distance. A skid also ruins the tyres, which can be dangerous and expensive (particularly for XH558 as we don't have many spares).

My emphasis, by the way.

Question: How does the Maxeret braking system fitted to XH558 stop the front wheels from locking?

Answers on a postcard (or here if you like)......

As we know Charles the front (nose) wheels on a vulcan do not have brakes.Perhaps they mean the front brakes on the main undercarriage bogie but indeed who knows what their on about.

[Xplumberlives]

I remember them being fitted to coaches in the '60s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxaret

My dad told me about them!

[RLN]

Thought he might