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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:03 pm
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slawecki
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the dash8 turbo prop can back up. it does not reverse thrust the engines, just changes the blades to a negative angle. was (is?) common at small airfields with no tugs.

do jet engines acutally reverse and reverse thrust, or just stick a blocker thing over the output, and blow fwd?
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