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Reverse Thrust
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:13 am
by Mike Bridge
Question
Now i always thought that you could only apply reverse thrust when you were on the ground.
But in the latest edition of Aero Australia - a Magazine - It has a photo of a Russia Aircraft that the Russian President brought out for APEC.
I reckon it would be 8-15 metres off the runway landing and it has the reverse thrusters on already ?
Is this the norm ?
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:47 am
by maj
Is this the norm ?
No
[/quote]It has a photo of a Russia Aircraft
A Russian plane huh? Doesn't surprise me!
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:34 am
by 1691
Probably depends on both the operator and manufacturer. The DC-8 with the JT3 engines was authorized for reverse thrust in flight for expedited descent. It was only allowed on #2 and #3 engines, but still, idle reverse in flight...weird.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:06 am
by yoni63
Hmmm, maybe it was inop?
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:07 am
by Mike Schmitt
I believe the concord did the same thing too.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:45 am
by nwadc10
I had read before that some older aircraft are approved to use reverse thrust in flight. It's the equivalent of using speed brakes.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:47 pm
by DHG750R
nwadc10 wrote:I had read before that some older aircraft are approved to use reverse thrust in flight. It's the equivalent of using speed brakes.
The C-17 allows use of idle reverse in flight for that very reason - expedited decent.
http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_ ... -5025.html
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:50 am
by Brogs
I believe its against the Law with Civil Aircraft, but the Russians are a different matter, an old friend of mine is in charge of the manufacture of a fleet of tu204,s for the Chinese being built in Russia and according to him ,he has seen the Russians do it ,but its a definite no no in the West
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:05 am
by Jamal_Pratt
They most likely switch out their coffee dispensers for vodka dispensers too
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:49 am
by esurfman
Jamal_Pratt wrote:They most likely switch out their coffee dispensers for vodka dispensers too
That's it, I'm quiting Globe for Aeroflot...
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:48 pm
by nwadc10
esurfman wrote:Jamal_Pratt wrote:They most likely switch out their coffee dispensers for vodka dispensers too
That's it, I'm quiting Globe for Aeroflot...
...I'm already there...
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:03 pm
by Mike Bridge
The C-17s are amazing!
Love the tatical decent
This Russian thing was a PAX A/C.
Was really quiet off putting looking at it!
Thanks for the info.
Vodka instead or water ??? put me down for Aeroflot aswell !
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:04 pm
by yoni63
Unrelated, looks like the FAA is in process of changing up some of the Sids and Stars to save on delays. One of the big issues is noise abatement of course. One artical said the FAA in some cases will not necessarily consider the issue of noise abatement when it comes to expediency of getting aircraft in and out of some areas.
People are already whining! LOL, I wish I could come in at about 100 feet off the deck with a C-5 screaming in slow flight!