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Old 26th November 2007 | 19:16
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barit1
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Turboprops using short airfields often use reverse for (very effective) braking.

With a propeller it's done by actually moving the variable-pitch blades to a negative blade angle.

Turbofan blades are fixed-pitched, so for reverse thrust, the exhaust is redirected forward either by clamshell buckets, or by blocker doors and an array of vanes.
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