Electing Electric Brakes
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Credit: SR Technics
As airlines continue to pressure airframe and component OEMs to lighten up designs for greater fuel savings, more attention focuses on brakes. And brake suppliers have been listening. Right now, electrically actuated braking is the state-of-the-art example. The Boeing 787 will be its first...
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