Reverse Thrust Deployment

[3-2-1-Now 126]

Yeah it's now easier with SP1. There's a "Override in Flare" option now. I override to idle at 20 feet personally - stops floating if you over flare too. I can now get reverse thrust out asap with a key set to my throttle - before I had to wait until just after the nose gear touched down!! Hopefully SP1 fixes it for you too.

 

Can you clarify this please? Reverse should be available with the mains on the ground but the nose wheel still in the air.

 

This sounds like you can now take reverse in flight???

 

Best regards,

Robin.

[EGLL77W 1,508]

 

What is this?  A throttle override in flare?  I'm not following I don't think.  

 

 

Can you clarify this please? Reverse should be available with the mains on the ground but the nose wheel still in the air.

 

This sounds like you can now take reverse in flight???

 

Best regards,

Robin.

 

It's why I shouldn't post half asleep 

 

There is now an option to override the Autothrottle with your physical throttle on the flare. So if you want to just cut to idle power at 20 feet rather than wait for the AT to get back (which, if you look, is done on a day-to-day basis in 777 operations), you can. Once the main gear touch the ground, I can now activate reverse thrust asap. Unlike before I had the same problem as you, where I couldn't use it until way after the nose wheel touches down. So this issue has been resolved. Even if you leave the AT to come back to Idle, you can see activate reverse thrust as soon as the main gear touches down. I and many other pilots override it to reduce the chance of flaring. Since the 777 is very sensitive in the flare. Each situation you treat differently I guess  ^_^

[cva1077 68]

Is there a way to use idle reverse in FSX?

After you touch down just press the F2 key two or three times to crack open the reverser doors, but leave the engine idling.

 

Check it on the EICAS that the REV indication goes from yellow to green, but the engine doesn't spool up.

[3-2-1-Now 126]

Awesome! Thanks!!

 

Best regards,

Robin.

[kevinh 409]

Hi,

 

Something I found is the (apparent) inability to select reverse thrust whilst the nose gear is still in the air. Does anyone else see this?

 

I'm going to do some test flights.

 

Best regards,

Robin.

For me reverse works just fine with the nosewheel in the air. Any inability to do so is related to your throttle set up.

 

 

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[kevinh 409]

Here's a screenshot showing my 777 with reverser operating after I held the nose up deliberately on landing.

 

 

[jasoncardeira 30]

This was discussed before, and i have the same problem. The reversers only deploy after nose gear touches the ground. Hopefully SP1 will fix this

[3-2-1-Now 126]

Hi Kevin,

 

Thanks for the suggestion, but it is not my hardware that is causing this. I can deploy the reversers fine, only *not* at touchdown with the nose gear still flying.

 

Best regards,

Robin.

[jdk2 1]

Mine does not need the nose gear to be on the runway exactly like kevinh shows.  i don't see how it's a bug with the B777 since some experience it and others do not.  Sounds more like individual hardware issues.

[sosuflyer 30]

Mine does not need the nose gear to be on the runway exactly like kevinh shows. i don't see how it's a bug with the B777 since some experience it and others do not. Sounds more like individual hardware issues.

Actually it is a bug confirmed by PMDG, that's why it's being fixed in sp1 according to EGLL77W, who is a beta tester here.

 

By the way, I just read this post and just fyi, I'm not meaning to sound rude. Sorry if it's coming across that way

[jdk2 1]

Actually it is a bug confirmed by PMDG, that's why it's being fixed in sp1 according to EGLL77W, who is a beta tester here.

 

By the way, I just read this post and just fyi, I'm not meaning to sound rude. Sorry if it's coming across that way

Not rude at all.  I didn't know they were working on a fix.  It just didn't seem to be their issue as it's not consistent across the board.

 

Thanks for clearing it up.

[remcoso 7]

Wacht this video

 

 

Reversers are active before the nose wheel is on the ground

[FLEX1978 373]

Not sure what your point is Remco? 

[kevinh 409]

Hi Kevin,

 

Thanks for the suggestion, but it is not my hardware that is causing this. I can deploy the reversers fine, only *not* at touchdown with the nose gear still flying.

 

Best regards,

Robin.

Well Robin, as you can see from my screenshot I can deploy reverse without the nosewheel being on ground. So clearly it's not the PMDG simulation which prevents it. That only leaves an installation problem or a hardware issue delaying deployment in your case. Do you use FSUIPC to calibrate your controls?

 

One thing to try, hold the nose up on roll out long enough for the engines to switch to ground idle. Then select reversers. If they now deploy then your problem is related to ground and flight idle switching and not the nose gear being in the air.

 

 

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[FLEX1978 373]

Hey Kevin,

 

I think it is a PMDG issue purely to do with the time it takes for the engines to spool down to idle & reach the criteria for rev thrust to deploy.  Pretty sure it has nothing to do with the nose wheel being in the air, just people have different de-rotation techniques.

 

Not 100% sure of the above