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Old 31st Dec 2012, 04:27
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glofish
 
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I second Intruder.

Todays big fans have huge idle thrust. Simply consider the fuel flow (almost 1t on a GE90) and you realise what I mean.
On the T7 upon push-back some tractors can't cope with the residual forward thrust ......

The 380 engines are not much smaller and imho it is not very astute building an aircraft with that much residual forward thrust and not being in the position to cancel it out completely on slippery surfaces.

But then again: It is certified, so who cares ......
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