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[Mitchell Holman]

[Hans Holbein]

Mitchell Holman schrieb:

What happens with the brake chute during taxiing?
will the be dropped at the End of the runway or automatically retracted?
How many ground contacts du they survive?

[Mitchell Holman]

Hans Holbein > wrote in news:fr8l12$603$2
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> Mitchell Holman schrieb:
>
> What happens with the brake chute during taxiing?
> will the be dropped at the End of the runway or automatically retracted?
> How many ground contacts du they survive?



They are released once the plane slows down to X speed
and a truck goes out to collect them. Don't know how often
they are replaced.