In multi-engine aircraft, each thrust lever displays the engine number of the engine it controls. Normally, there is one thrust lever for each engine. The thrust levers are normally found in the aircraft's center console, or on the dashboard of smaller aircraft.
For aircraft equipped with thrust reversers, the control for each thrust reverser is usually found adjacent to the corresponding engine's thrust lever.
The position of each lever can be described by the current angle indicated. This is referred to as the Throttle Lever Angle or TLA. The greater the TLA, the greater the engine thrust.
Throttle levers
The throttle lever assembly is often designed to incorporate high-pressure (HP) cock switches so that the pilot has instinctive control of the fuel supply to the engine. Microswitches are located in the throttle box so that the throttle levers actuate the switches to shut the valves when the levers are at their aft end of travel. Pushing the levers forward automatically operates the switches to open the fuel cocks, which remain open during the normal operating range of the levers. Two distinct actions are required to actuate the switches again. The throttle lever must be pulled back to its aft position and a mechanical latch operated, or a detent (hard point) overcome, to allow the lever to travel further and shut off the fuel valve.
The full story of how the crew could only use the thrust levers (“differential thrust”) to control the aircraft down to the ground has been told numerous times in books, on TV and latterly on YouTube.
Upon landing the airplane on the runway, the users can utilize the built-in thrust-reverser mechanism to help gently slow the aircraft ...Levers include throttles, flaps, spoilers, and fully functional thrust reversers.
The upshot of the design of the controls was that to thrust to port using the stern thruster, the master would move the lever to the port side, but to thrust to port on the bow thruster, the lever on that control was moved to starboard.
The author in Skyborne's Boeing 737 Max simulator ... In late September, I visited Skyborne, a pilot training academy based at Gloucestershire Airport in England ... Pete Syme/Business Insider ... left hand on the stick, right hand on the thrust levers ... ....
Will Self has a history of gonzo premises ... She is our world as a mother is the world of a child ... “To thrust down the lever is to trigger local – but total – devastation, albeit destruction from which … civilisation soon arises anew” ... Share ... .
There comes a point in the climb out from the runway where, about 1,500ft above the ground, the handling pilot will bring the thrust levers back to a lower setting and, in order to accelerate, they ...
It’s a beautiful day, and you’ve decided to take advantage of the flying club Cessna 172 to take your friend on a sightseeing flight ... Normally, taking off with it in this position will result in an aural warning as you advance the thrust levers ... Birds.
During the go-around, the first officer "inadvertently pushed forward on the control column while following thrust lever movement commanded by the autothrottle," according to a June 7 airline memo, ...
... the landing – the first officer ‘inadvertently pushed forward on the control column while following thrust lever movement commanded by the autothrottle,’ a memo seen by the Reuters news agency says.
The less-experienced first officer “inadvertently” pushed forward on the control column while following movement of the thrust lever caused by the plane’s automatic throttle.
The less-experienced first officer “inadvertently” pushed forward on the control column while following movement of the thrust lever caused by the plane’s automatic throttle.
... minimising the chance of lever mismatch ... of levers resulting in the propelling thrust altering significantly, and advise them of methods of operation and/or rectification should these be requested.
... changeover process can allow mismatching of levers resulting in the propelling thrust altering significantly, and advise them of methods of operation and/or rectification should these be requested.
I push the thrust levers up slightly until little white markers on the engine thrust readouts rotate to the seven o'clock mark ... Then I press a button to engage the auto-throttle, with the thrust levers ...
