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When I was in the Air Force 13 years ago, a friend of mine that used to work on the KC-10 had told me that when the KC-10 takes off that they do not use the tail mounted engine or they use it at a decreased power until they are airborne. Has anybody every heard of this? If true, would the DC-10 and derivatives do the same? Also, what would the reason be for this?
The engines on the majority of aircraft are not used to their full power when conditions (eg temperature / runway length / altitude etc) allow reduced power, to reduce wear on the engine & prolong its life.
Applies to the DC-10 but not just the no.2 engine.
He may have been thinking of reverser operation.... On the DC-10 (& I'm pretty sure the KC-10 would be the same), the no.2 reverser is not normally used unless landing at a maintenance base (if it sticks in the deployed position its difficult to re-stow it manually without a proper (tall!) access stand).
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