reverse thrust
Engine-powered aircraft deceleration
Reverse thrust is the redirection of a jet engine's exhaust forward to slow an aircraft after landing.
Pilots engage reverse thrust immediately upon touchdown, producing the roar passengers hear as the plane decelerates on the runway.
The term extends to any mechanism that reverses propulsive force: The captain applied reverse thrust to bring the ferry to a stop.
- decelerationDecrease in speed
- full stopTerminal punctuation mark
- brakeDevice to slow motion
- slow downReduce pace or speed
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
drag · landing · retrograde · Newton's third law · turbofan · engine · engine roar · power back · aerodynamic drag · sternway · air resistance · braking systems · emergency braking · jet · counterforce · stop · touchdown · hard landing
- stopping methodsbraking, coasting, friction, emergency brake, hand brake
- turbine enginesgas turbine, turbine, jet engine, turboshaft, turboprop
- airplane takeoffrunway, liftoff, lift-off, flaps, airspeed
- jet boat partsimpeller, hull, throttle, intake, nozzle
- landingslanding, touchdown, touch and go, emergency landing, soft landing
- bush flyingbush pilot, bush plane, backcountry, taildragger, floatplane