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Planes don't stop with the reverse thrust, only slow down to 100-120km/h. If you use it a lower speed there's a real risk of lifting a piece of debris off the r

Planes don't stop with the reverse thrust, only slow down to 100-120km/h. If you use it a lower speed there's a real risk of lifting a piece of debris off the runway and sucking it into the engine intake. This is why we have to bother with pushback for jet aircrafts unlike the convenient powerback we have for props.

Simon_O_Rourke 3y ago
There will, of course, be absolutely no foreign debris on any Russian runways ever, even the ones crudely hacked from the taiga! Looking forward to the operator guidelines on why flying on one engine is required in the near future.
- prennert 3y ago
  Due to the routes they are left to fly, debris will most likely be Russian. But I bet in case of an incident, propaganda will definitely declare it as foreign debris.
  - saiya-jin 3y ago
    Evil capitalistic debris deployed from high orbit to destabilize Mother russia. Just like in 50s there was massive campaign against Colorado potato beetle, which was presented as being dropped from evil capitalistic American planes to harm crops... although the bug was already in Europe for decades and spreading eastwards on its own. The thing is, these propaganda campaigns are often quite successful, many people back there still believe this is what happened.
  - Simon_O_Rourke 3y ago
    In this instance the "foreign" in foreign debris is anything that's not part of the aircraft but gets sucked into the engine anyway. A goose for example could be considered foreign debris regardless of its citizenship status.
everybodyknows 3y ago
The pilot of the Boeing 727 (maybe 737) I was in used reverser-only pushback from a gate, 20-30 years ago. This was in the USA. Highly memorable. However, no doubt much easier to keep a gate area clean, as opposed to a whole runway.
- alexey-salmin 3y ago
  I think at some point it was deemed acceptable for the tail mounted engines as they are higher off the ground (and also further away from the terminal). Some of it is even captured on video https://youtu.be/zG_u_B5d7cQ https://youtu.be/zG_u_B5d7cQ
  - cromka 3y ago
    But wasn’t it also forbidden because of the damage or wear it causes to the airport buildings and infrastructure?

Simon_O_Rourke 3y ago

There will, of course, be absolutely no foreign debris on any Russian runways ever, even the ones crudely hacked from the taiga! Looking forward to the operator guidelines on why flying on one engine is required in the near future.

prennert 3y ago
Due to the routes they are left to fly, debris will most likely be Russian. But I bet in case of an incident, propaganda will definitely declare it as foreign debris.
- saiya-jin 3y ago
  Evil capitalistic debris deployed from high orbit to destabilize Mother russia. Just like in 50s there was massive campaign against Colorado potato beetle, which was presented as being dropped from evil capitalistic American planes to harm crops... although the bug was already in Europe for decades and spreading eastwards on its own. The thing is, these propaganda campaigns are often quite successful, many people back there still believe this is what happened.
- Simon_O_Rourke 3y ago
  In this instance the "foreign" in foreign debris is anything that's not part of the aircraft but gets sucked into the engine anyway. A goose for example could be considered foreign debris regardless of its citizenship status.

everybodyknows 3y ago

The pilot of the Boeing 727 (maybe 737) I was in used reverser-only pushback from a gate, 20-30 years ago. This was in the USA. Highly memorable. However, no doubt much easier to keep a gate area clean, as opposed to a whole runway.

alexey-salmin 3y ago
I think at some point it was deemed acceptable for the tail mounted engines as they are higher off the ground (and also further away from the terminal). Some of it is even captured on video https://youtu.be/zG_u_B5d7cQ https://youtu.be/zG_u_B5d7cQ
- cromka 3y ago
  But wasn’t it also forbidden because of the damage or wear it causes to the airport buildings and infrastructure?