Question about thrust-reverse?

Question

I've seen many cockpits.........and unfortunately, have only flown flight sims from my computer.

How exactly does a pilot engage the thrust-reverse mechanism after touching down?

On a flight sim, it is as simple as pulling the thrust levers all the way back. Obviously this is a computer program and probably not accurate. Is it done almost the same in the real deal?

Thanks,

Primo

Answer 1

on fighter aircraft you rock the throttles outboard.

Answer 2

its almost the same thing.

for thrust reversers to engage, three mechanisms or conditions must be met, otherwise, they will not engage, these are:

throttles idle, main gear compression and main gear spin-up.

if these are met,  the pilot can the lift the reverse-thrust lever,which will remove the block that keeps the minimum thrust setting to idle.

then the pilot will move the throttles back, behind the idle setting to engage reverse thrust. to come out of reverse thrust, the throttles are moved forward, to or past the idle setting.