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Does nose landing gear have brakes?
Each main landing gear wheel is equipped with a brake assembly with anti-skid protection. The nose landing gear is steerable. For retraction, each gear is hydraulically rotated forward and up during ground operations until it engages an uplock hook for each gear in its respective wheel well.
Why do pilots tap the brakes?
It’s strictly done to stop the wheels from vibrating as they wind down, which can scare the pax and sometimes the pilot at first.
Why are there brakes on the nose gear?
The vast majority of the aircraft’s weight stays on the main wheels, even under braking. Also, the nosewheel tyres have enough work to do with nosewheel steering. Car tyres start with roughly 50/50 fore/aft weight split (maybe 55/45 allowing for the engine). Braking g loads further increase this imbalance.
Are there any aircraft with nose wheel braking system?
See: Are there any aircraft with a nose wheel braking system?) The maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of the A380 is 575 t, and its main gear has 20 wheels. 16 main wheels have brakes and 4 main wheels do not. (See Why do some A380 main wheels have no brakes?)
Are there brakes in the nose of an A380?
Neither A380 nor B777 have brakes in the nose gear. (Actually very few heavy aircraft have braked nose wheels. See: Are there any aircraft with a nose wheel braking system?) The maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of the A380 is 575 t, and its main gear has 20 wheels. 16 main wheels have brakes and 4 main wheels do not.
How much weight does the nose brake have?
Most (all?) Boeing and Airbus have about 95% of weight on the main landing gear (MLG), and thus the nose brake wouldn’t be very heavily weighted, so not very effective. And for reasons of rotation, you don’t want to load the nose very much, but rather have it pivot around the wings: where your lift is coming from.