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A340 Thrust Reverser Question

Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21460 posts, RR: 24
Posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3290 times:

The photo below of an A340-300 appears in an article on EK in last week's Aviation Week magazine.

I'm just curious if anyone can speculate why the thrust reversers are deployed on the inboard engines only. Are they designed to deploy sequentially, first on the inboard and then on the outboard? In that case perhaps the outboard reversers just haven't opened yet since the aircraft has obviously only just touched down.

Or would there be a reason why they would intentionally only deploy the inboard reversers?

P.S. Just before I was ready to post the above I spotted the following thread from 3 years ago, so I think my question is answered. It sounds like the outboard reversers on the 343 don't deploy until the nosegear touches down.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/114744/

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Fr8mech From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 4238 posts, RR: 12
Reply 1, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3280 times:

More than likely, the #1 reverser in inoperative and on MEL. There is a chance that the #4 may be inoperative and the crew decided to use only the inboards to avoid assymetrical reverse.

The poster in the thread you cited says that the nose gear does NOT have to be on the ground for outboard reverser.

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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21460 posts, RR: 24
Reply 2, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3247 times:

Quoting Fr8mech (Reply 1):
The poster in the thread you cited says that the nose gear does NOT have to be on the ground for outboard reverser.

Right, I misread that posting. I see it's referring to the main gear, not the nose gear.

HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58
Reply 3, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 3197 times:

Just curious.
Does the MEL usage on T/R imply that the opposite side position need be deactivated too?
regds
MEL.

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FBU 4EVER! From Norway, joined Jan 2001, 998 posts, RR: 7
Reply 4, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3189 times:

There is an interlock mechanism between no. 1 and no. 4 thrustlevers to ensure that both outer engines are at idle reverse thrust before reverse thrust can be increased, thus avoiding thrust assymetry. This feature does not exist for the inner engines, and thrust levers can be moved directly to max. reverse thrust. There is no need to lower the nosewheel to the ground for idle reverse but recoommended that the nosewheel is on the ground before increasing reverse thrust beyond idle.
This interlock may be inoperative in open position provided both outboard thrust reversers are considered inoperative.
It may also be inoperative in locked position provided no operation or procedure prdicated on thrust reverser use. Outboard thrust is not available. This according to A340 FCOM MEL.

So I think the plane is dispatched on MEL 78-30-02 with failed interlock mechanism.

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TPA36R From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 210 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 3085 times:

Could it be for the same reason the A380 only uses 2 and 3 TR's? FOD?

Zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 7723 posts, RR: 73
Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 3057 times:

Quoting Fr8mech (Reply 1):
More than likely, the #1 reverser in inoperative and on MEL. There is a chance that the #4 may be inoperative and the crew decided to use only the inboards to avoid assymetrical reverse.

Maybe

Quoting FBU 4EVER! (Reply 4):
There is an interlock mechanism between no. 1 and no. 4 thrustlevers to ensure that both outer engines are at idle reverse thrust before reverse thrust can be increased, thus avoiding thrust assymetry.

Most prob

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VTBDflyer From Thailand, joined Aug 2006, 368 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 3027 times:

Quoting TPA36R (Reply 5):
Could it be for the same reason the A380 only uses 2 and 3 TR's? FOD?

Actually, the A380 doesn't have TR's on the outboards. I believe they did this to reduce FOD risk and weight savings, along with less mx work. http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/223901/

VTBD

[Edited 2008-04-12 21:10:34]

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