PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Forward yoke during flare to 'grease' !
View Single Post
Old 7th Aug 2012, 14:39
  #30 (permalink)  
sevenstrokeroll
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: fort sheridan, il
Posts: 1,656
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
hi jammedstab:


the 146 has a flight idle and ground idle engine RPM...ground idle being lower...the method the designers used to protect you from going to ground idle inflight is a little sort of metal bar/stop...this stop is moved upon WOW (weight on wheels) allowing you to pull throttles farther back after touchdown.

so, I had pulled the throttles aft for landing...and suddenly I could pull them back farther...the WOW switch had activated allowing me to pull into ground idle...and because the landing was so smooth...it was how I knew we were on the ground.

the 146 has body mounted trailing link gear which is a huge help in smooth touchdowns.
sevenstrokeroll is offline