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Old 21st August 2008 | 10:26
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Reverse thrust lockout

Reading another thread, some posters were speculating on the possibility of the thrust reversers being deployed on one side of an aircraft, and that raised a question for me ...

Is there normally a lockout to prevent reverse thrust being commanded in flight (perhaps a weight on the main main wheels requirement)? If so, suppose a situation with a very close V1/VR, if an RTO was attempted and, with reverse thrust selected the aircraft did manage to become airborne would the lockouts enable/prevent the movement of (particulary mechanical) thrust leavers to be returned to a stowed/forward thrust position?

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