Hi Rick, Definitely, all RW pilots and simmers DO THIS. Putting the thrust on idle removes lift and allows the plane to touchdown on the runway. After touchdown, verify that spoilers are deployed and engage reverse thurst (to stop the aircraft). Failing to engage reverse thurst will result to a long rollout or even overshoot the runway (As some accident happened in real life).

Hey Roy. Yes, and in fact i had already answered my own question because, when manually landing my MD-11 i allways put throttles to idle at touchdown +30ft. So already done before on the runway.Regards,

I am finding it very hard to engage reverse with the F2 key alone. It's not till long after the nose wheel has touched down that I'm finally able to engage reverse, but by then i'm almost at 60 knots and it's time to cancel reverse anyways.

That is exactly my experience too.

I have the same problem.

That is exactly my experience too.

I have the same problem.

Guys, I posted about the same thing here: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/344151-autoland-retard-bug/