PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - a380 thrust reverser
View Single Post
Old 29th Dec 2012, 20:18
  #7 (permalink)  
lomapaseo
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 4,569
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Back when it was still the A3XX (in the late 90's) Airbus raised the subject of reverser's at a Configuration Working Group meeting and produced a paper showing the pro's and con's of zero, 2 or 4 reverser's including projected runway length requirements. Among the con's were weight, complexity, maintenance costs, etc and the fact the no reverser version was projected to require an excessive runway length for a wet/slippery runway whereas the 2 reverser version had a more reasonable required length. The airlines attending the meeting recommended the 2 reverser option.
" The airlines attending the meeting recommended the 2 reverser option. "

Of course they would, It's cheaper and meets the certification requirements.,

In fact zero reversers is even better unless you ask a pilot who always wants more margin.

It's in the book.

The worst combination is when you teach pilots to land with reversers and then take it away without unlearning them.

Shouldn't be a problem with an A380 where pilots are only qualified with two reversers
lomapaseo is offline