← Back to context

Comment by imoverclocked

2 days ago

You can put the reversers on for a tactical descent though :P

They look nice, but they can be turned on the C17 (and probably other military airplanes).

Commercial airplanes have safeguards against in-flight thrust reverser deployment. That is why they only work in tandem with the ground sensing systems - like the airplane must firmly believe both main landing gears to be physically on the ground for both reversers to be operational.