Originally Posted by
sevenstrokeroll
ps... as I said and no one mentioned...spooling up just before flare means you will be ahead of the game in thrust reverse.
Isn't that why some of these modern engines like the GE CF-6 have something called approach idle. Your engine is already spooled up for you. Seem to remember something called High Idle on some PT-6 equipped aircraft such as the King Air.
Last edited by JammedStab; 11th Dec 2012 at 21:57.