Hi, I was just wondering how the thrust reversers on a jet engine work

G'day Nameless..you might find the below link a good reference for you...


http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/shortp.html


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TRs are basically a set of vent doors and duct passages that divert the thrust of a turbine engine from a rearward to a forward direction. The engine doesn't reverse its direction of spin, but the passages re-route the exhaust/thrust back out vents pointing forward. A simple explanation.