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Old 28th January 2006 | 23:28
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Intruder
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It is, indeed, deploying the reversers but remaining at idle thrust. It is a good trechnique in the final portion of the rollout so the brakes need not fight any forward thrust.

There is some amount of reverse thrust, but it may not be enough to actually move the airplane. Remember that with cascade reversers in high-bypass engines, reverse thrust is only about 40% that of forward thrust at best.
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