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Flight Simulation Games >> balloons behind engines

by The original Russ. » Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:36:18 GMT

Well you've got me buggered. lol. ;-)

Are you sure you don't mean the spoilers that pop up on the wings as soon as
the aircraft is on the ground?

Sorry, but that's the best I can come up with.

Cheers,

Russ.

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> Hello
> Im a newbie simmer and enjoying flying in fs2002 very much.
> In real life i have seen while landing Boeing 737 apart from reverse
thrust,
> balloon appearing behind the fans(or engines) on both the wings to reduce
> the aircraft speed on the runway. I want to know whether it is possible in
> fs2002 and what is this called in aviation terminology.
>
> --
> Madhur
> India
>
> Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers
> write code that humans can understand.
>
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Flight Simulation Games >> balloons behind engines

by pr » Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:55:05 GMT






Is this to which you are referring?

http://www.cruisinaltitude.com/images/b737/atb732lrtrakl.jpg

If so, these are the reverse thrusters, which redirect the thrust (not
sure what the more technical name is called) produced by the engine
towards the front and help the aircraft slow down.

I believe that the default B737 has the reverse thrusters animated.
Certainly the better freebies you can get from Avsim.com or
Flightsim.com do.

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Peter










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Flight Simulation Games >> balloons behind engines

by pr » Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:37:43 GMT





Yes, my apologies for omitting that fact.


I am certainly no expert with commercial aircraft (as demonstrated here
several times <G>), but I used to fly as a passenger weekly for my job.
I *believe* the 737-400 and greater models have engines with internal
thrust reversers, therefore there is no need for these external devices.
Hopefully someone with more knowledge will jump in here.


I always thought they looked like drag 'chutes.

--
Peter









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by Micheal Smith » Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:59:43 GMT

Yes, that would be the 200 model. It uses the older style clamshell doors
to redirect the thrust.

Mike




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by The original Russ. » Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:19:54 GMT





Why appologize? You picked the ballon bit better then me! ;-)


Well thats by no means me. I'll leave it up to the real world pilots to
elabotate. :-)


Now that you mention it... They kinda do don't they??? lol. :-)

Cheers and G'night all. Stay safe ok?

Russ.



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by Bill Leaming » Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:05:51 GMT





Peter, they're known by the rather prosaic name of "reverser buckets..." :)

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by Bill Leaming » Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:08:44 GMT





Essentially there are three types of reversers:

1) buckets (aka: "clamshells")
2) paddle
3) internal vanes

The Citation II (when equipped) uses buckets. The Citation CJ2 uses a paddle.
These are mounted on the inboard side of the engine and swing out behind the
exhaust to deflect it forward.

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by Madhur » Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:20:21 GMT

i have downloaded several aircrafts but after applying spoilers(/ key)
something appears on wings similar to flaps. i haven't been able to locate
the aircraft with reverser buckets discussed in this thread.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers
write code that humans can understand.



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by Madhur » Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:53:31 GMT

i got it ,thanks a lot.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers
write code that humans can understand.







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