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It backs up?????!!!!!!

Reddot47Reddot47 Member Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 2007 in General Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1o5qSVvwXw&mode=related&search=
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    sheepdipsheepdip Member Posts: 3,124
    edited November -1
    I've never seen that before
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    PC800PC800 Member Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Probably using his thrust reversers, that are used to help stop it on short runways.
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    ljwrenchljwrench Member Posts: 5,053
    edited November -1
    C-130's don't have thrust reverser's. They put the props in reverse pitch.
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    nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,009 ******
    edited November -1
    Yes, it can back up. I watched the "short landing" technique demonstrated at an air show a few years ago. It is amazing what that big bird can do. The C130 can land on a runway too short for it to take off from without JATO assistance.
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    mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Typical STOL stuff but great video, I like the short flare release at the end. I got a ride across the Baltic Sea a couple times in one like that. I think that's what our approach dives looked like too. The only Jet assisted take-off i've seen was when the Blue Angels were in town.
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    PC800PC800 Member Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ljwrench
    C-130's don't have thrust reverser's. They put the props in reverse pitch.


    Ahh. How would they reverse them that fast to get it to back up like that?
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