Interesting question.
I think there would be some new design involved to deal with the differential aspect. Imagine you have ice under the right main and bare pavement under the left. You probably want the braking on the left reduced to match the right.   Yet with bare pavement on both mains, you want to be able to command a turn.   You might get away with a "landing" mode which forces the two to match (sorry, no help in a cross wind).   Then you would turn the landing mode off to taxi.

All in, if you have an icy runway, you might be better off with a reversible prop and no ABS.

Colyn

On Sep 23, 2013, at 8:08 AM, jeffrey liegner wrote:

I was at the airport on this beautiful Fall day and another builder (RV6) asked me about installing an ABS braking system on the Lancair to help with stopping (without creating a flat spot).  He reports that even BMW motocycles have anti-skid brakes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lock_braking_system
BMW Motocycle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Absbrakes.jpg

Has anyone given anti-skid (ABS) brakes any consideration in the Lancair?  Just curious.

Jeff L
LIVP

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