Originally Posted by
AEpilot76
I'm almost certain the C130 or any turboprop for that matter can not go into reverse before touchdown. The only airplane I know of that can do that is that Russian Illuyshin, the one with 4 engines on the tail, and possibly early models of the DC-8 (not sure about that one).
I flew the ATR for quite some time, and a low pitch, or reverse pitch condition in the air was a serious emergency, the engine needed to be shut down IMMEDIATELY
In a KingAir A100 we'd lift the levers over the gate in the flare to significantly shorten the rollout but that's not going into reverse, it's only going from flight idle to ground idle. I also believe it's possible to do this in a Dash-8 - at great peril! Looking at the C-130 video it doesn't appear that reverse is selected prior to touchdown.