dSPACE NEWS 1/2007 10 1/2007 * dSPACE GmbH * Technologiepark * D-33100 Paderborn * Germany * info@dspace.de * www.dspace.de CUSTOMERS 1/2007 10 dSPACE NEWS Braking at Full Speed As a passenger on an airplane, if you watch the engines closely, you can observe the effect of thrust reversal as it occurs: As soon as the plane touches down, a vent opens in the engine cowl, and some of the air drawn in by the engine is ejected forward to decelerate the plane. To develop the ETRAS ® system on the Airbus A380, Hispano-Suiza, a SAFRAN Group company, used a dSPACE prototyping system. ETRAS ® is a fully electrical system with no hydraulic or pneumatic components – the first ever in passenger planes. Why Reverse Thrust to Brake? Thrust reversal in aircraft is an additional brakin

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