Landing a Boeing 757
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As with most things in life I don't believe it until I see it, having done a LPA round trip, and paying particular attention to all things cockpit, I am now in the position to confirm that the spoilers do lift on main gear touch down. I can confirm that this is now As I See It!! 
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I mus agree with Bealzebub I routinely deploy and apply reverser thrrust while the nose wheel is still in the air on the 757's (and 767's), you can balance the aircraft on the main whells, but must lower the nosewheel (gently) before the nose wheel starts to fall itself, typical arrival pitch on the DFDAU is between 2.5 and 3.7 degrees, I used to do it on the 737's too....
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Just to add another requirement for automatic spoiler deployment and the deployment of the ground spoilers (4 & 9) - the truck tilt actuators need to be pressurised, as well as both trucks un-tilted and thrust levers at idle. The nose wheel does not need to be on the ground for either automatic spoiler deployment or use of reversers. If you use manual speed brake on landing you may get extra nose up pitch compared to when automatic deployment is used. This is because when deployed automatically there is a time delay of 1.25 seconds before panels 2,3,10, & 11 are raised in order to avoid this nose up pitch.
