Some thrust reversers also open directly into the combustion chamber of the engine, rather than the cold layer. It's the same effect, just with hot air instead of cool air.

Thrust reversers are small ports located on the outside of the engine, which open up into the engine's outer layer. That outer layer normally pulls in cool air, which helps to spin up the turbofan ...

A: Reverse thrust is most useful at higher speeds. Below 100 knots, almost all the deceleration force is from the brakes. You cannot say a specific percentage as it changes during the landing rollout.

UK investigators have found that an Airbus A320 captain, having initiated a go-around on touchdown at Corfu, cycled the thrust levers forward and back after realising reverse-thrust had already ...

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the powerful engines and thrust reverser of the C-5M Super Galaxy that enables the mammoth aircraft to be reversed on the flightline. Footage ...

Some aircraft engines have thrust reversers designed to help speed a descent: The U.S. Air Force C-17, for example, uses reverse thrust to get on the ground faster in combat zones.

42) with interest, because when I was a performance engineer at Douglas Aircraft, none of the FAA-approved landing distance information for the MD-series jets hinged on the use of reverse thrust.

Reverse-thrust was activated some 800m from the threshold. The inquiry says this thrust was "close" to maximum, but not fully so. The aircraft was still travelling at around 100-110kt as it passed ...

While reverse thrust does cause some stress on the engine and pylon, they are designed for it. Q: When the plane lands, you can hear the engines being used to decelerate.

A: Reverse thrust is most useful at higher speeds. Below 100 knots, almost all the deceleration force is from the brakes. You cannot say a specific percentage as it changes during the landing rollout.

A: Reverse thrust is most useful at higher speeds. Below 100 knots, almost all the deceleration force is from the brakes. You cannot say a specific percentage as it changes during the landing rollout.