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May 26^th, 2003 at 7:03pm

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I've seen these on commercial passenger and cargo aircraft. What are auto-spoilers, I've put the setting on but never noticed any change. Are they linked to the auto pilot or something? ???

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Reply #1 - May 26^th, 2003 at 7:14pm

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Auto spoilers are "armed" before landing. These then deploy when the aircraft's main gear is on the gound, to "kill" the lift produced by the wing.

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Reply #2 - May 26^th, 2003 at 8:08pm

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Thanks. I just put them down manually anyway.

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Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2003 at 2:02am

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On many aircraft the auto-spoilers (also referred to as "speed brakes"), if armed, will deploy when you hit your Reverse thrust (hold down F2).

However, this doesn't happen on every aircraft, and for some you have to hit the / key to make them pop up. So it's always a good idea to check to see if they're down when you land. (Usually the speed brake handle will be closer to you)

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Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2003 at 10:57am