Some great content indeed! I've always wanted to do some short hops in Norway! First probably drive up to Tromsø since you can fly to rather many places from there :)
I have a question. You know when 737s land, why do the pilots sometimes set the engine to idle at around 120 knots? And why do they sometimes do it at 80 knots? On Ryanair, they always set the engine to idle at 110-120 knots at speed during the reverse thrust
I may have misunderstood your question, but the standard procedure is to apply the reverser at touchdown and back to idle at approx. 60 kt. Some companies have different procedures. But I have never seen that the reverser is set to idle above 100 kt. Any examples?
StarTour747 I don't mean that they stop the reverse thrust, it's the engine thrust I'm talking about. Basically, some airlines with 737s do idle reverse at 100-120 knots, and Norwegian does it at around 80 knots. I'm talking about the idle reverse. Ryanair usually does it at 100 knots or more. And how do they decide what speed to do the idle reverse??
Okey, I'm not 100% sure but I think it has to be with the company procedures and the length of the runway. I neary always see that Ryanair uses the hole runway at landing, and that may be the reason; because they are braking slower than other airlines. If they had used normal reverse for a longer time, they would stopped faster. I'm not sure, sorry :)
