The props on the King Air will reverse in-flight as can the
Pilatus bushplane. There can be some interesting
aerodynamic effects. But very few recreational airplanes
have any sort of reverse. But I agree, jets require the
squat switch (unless there is a malfunction) to deploy
reverse.




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James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

wrote in message
...
| On 24 Jun 2006 03:48:13 -0700,
wrote:
|
| If you float in above the threshold a fair bit higher
than Vref, is it
| acceptable technique to chance the reverser to preclude
landing too far
| down the runway?
|
| I've only allegedly worked on couple of different types of
buckets,
| all on biz-jets and they have had one thing in common.
|
| The aircraft must have a weight-on-wheels signal present
somewhere in
| the logic circuit before the reversers will unlock or
deploy.
|
| Inflight, if a not-locked condition is detected, the
reversers are
| hydraulically driven to the stowed position and pressure
is maintained
| holding them there until the not-locked condition goes
away.
|
| Unless you are learning to fly the space shuttle:
|
|
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/pre...week5_sta.html
|
| http://www.nasaexplores.com/show2_ar....php?id=04-067
|
| http://www.aopa.org/pilot/features/9703feat.html
|
| having the buckets out while flying is a RBT (really bad
thing), but
| I'm sure there are some exceptions out there.
|
|
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...craft/c-17.htm
|
| TC