Reverser and braking

[Dave Therhino]

Originally Posted by JeroenD

I picked this up from a very old thread by a gentleman of the name Henri Spencer:

... an engine with 20klb of net thrust
may well be generating 100klb of nozzle thrust and 80klb of inlet drag.
(This is one reason why the net-thrust/weight ratios of jet engines are so
puny compared to rocket engines, which are all nozzle and no inlet.)

So killing the nozzle thrust while retaining the inlet drag instantly
gives you a *lot* of braking force, and it's not really necessary to
divert the exhaust forward.

No. Just ... no.