In the ERJ at the operation I flew at we hardly ever used them. Supposedly new generation brakes work best at high temperatures.
I have read in the Turbine Flight Manual text that reversers typically dont do much. They may decrease rollout by a small percentage but have been used to reduce (older generation) brake wear.
I talked once with a retired L-1011 capt. where I asked him the same question. He laughingly relpied "I thought they (reversers) just made noise."
It is obvious, however, that brakes do the most work along with spoilers.
Last edited by flyerNy; 03-12-2006 at 06:11 PM.