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Forum: Tech Log

27th Mar 2019, 22:20

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Testing of idle reverse thrust before takeoff. A wise precaution?

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Posted By tdracer

I was directly involved in the Lauda 767...

I was directly involved in the Lauda 767 investigation - probably the hardest, most unpleasant thing I ever did at Boeing. During the investigation, they were (coincidentally) running some 777...

Forum: Tech Log

27th Mar 2019, 01:53

Replies: 62

Testing of idle reverse thrust before takeoff. A wise precaution?

Views: 18,469

Posted By tdracer

A lot of mis-information floating around on this...

A lot of mis-information floating around on this thread, such as the above :rolleyes:
Most thrust reversers do create a significant amount of net reverse thrust, particularly at higher airspeed...

Forum: Tech Log

24th Mar 2019, 08:48

Replies: 62

Testing of idle reverse thrust before takeoff. A wise precaution?

Views: 18,469

Posted By tdracer

Thrust reversers fail to deploy for a number of...

Thrust reversers fail to deploy for a number of reasons - the numbers are better now than they used to be, but figure roughly once in every 5,000 to 10,000 deployments a T/R will fail to properly...

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