A£80 Tech Question

[TurboJ]

When the A380 touched down at LHR today, does anyone know why the pilot only used thrust reverse on the inboard engines only ?

Do the outboard engines not have thrust reverse and if they do what operational reason would there be not to use them ?

Cheers........TJ

[Fargoo]

You answered your own question.
No reversers fitted to the outboard engines on the 380
Fargoo :ok:

[mutt]

AFAIK, it only has 2 Thrust Reversers!

Mutt

[vapilot2004]

Do the outboard engines not have thrust reverse and if they do what operational reason would there be not to use them ?


Airbus decided against outboard reversers (and as part of the weight saving programme, nearly decided against all reversers, but airlines balked at this omission) to prevent FOD - (Foreign Object Damage) as the outboard mills could be hanging above unimproved surfaces during landing on a not-so-A380-wide runway.

To anyone attending, what was the band playing when she landed ? :}

[TurboJ]

Thanks for replies............TJ

[Groundloop]

"To anyone attending, what was the band playing when she landed ?"

Nellie the Elephant?

[Farmer 1]

A£80 Tech Question

So who gets the £80 prize?

[Basil]

. . and there I was thinking "Number four's locked out."