50...40...30....20/10/8/6/4/2/BAM!
Hmm, usually it stops after 10, unless it's an Airbus, then it goes to 5. Hell, the Airbus even calls you a "retard" just before you touch down.
No it means the plane is supposed to retard, as in reverse the attitude, as in flare! I hat it when someone just calls someone a retard, its Mentally Retarded, gosh!:banghead: just my little rant!
No it means the plane is supposed to retard, as in reverse the attitude, as in flare!
Well if you want to get nit pickey, I believe the correct term is mentally challenged.
I was just foolin around, oh btw, how am I wrong? I don't like making the same mistake twice!Don't go thinking that I was being serious about that.
And besides, you're wrong anyway.
I was just foolin around, oh btw, how am I wrong? I don't like making the same mistake twice!
As I've heard some 'bus guys say, first two times are verbs, third time is a noun.Hell, the Airbus even calls you a "retard" just before you touch down.
Uh Oh. I smell a fight comming along. JERRY. JERRY. JERRY. LOL
The plane is telling you to retard the thrust levers not the pitch attitude. All part of this wierd transition the airbus makes from it's flight law to landing like a normal plane. On landing the plane's computers actually make it pitch forward so the pilots natural instinct is to counteract that and start the flare. Hope that helps...
The plane is telling you to retard the thrust levers not the pitch attitude. All part of this wierd transition the airbus makes from it's flight law to landing like a normal plane. On landing the plane's computers actually make it pitch forward so the pilots natural instinct is to counteract that and start the flare. Hope that helps...
Actually, it's just for the thrust levers. The word "retard" is a reminder to pilots to bring the thrust levers to idle during the flare just prior to touchdown (somewhere around fifteen to ten feet above the runway). If the autothrottles are engaged, the thrust setting will go to idle on its own during the flare, but the thrust levers will not move, so the pilot must move them manually. Frenchies.
What pisses me off is that we as professional pilots bring the plane and its occupants hundreds if not thousands of miles safely through hazardous environments and we are judged on the last inch.
What pisses me off is that we as professional pilots bring the plane and its occupants hundreds if not thousands of miles safely through hazardous environments and we are judged on the last inch.