I'm no octapus, so whats with the Speedbrake

[HeavyMetal]

Flying the Boeing 777, on touchdown I have one hand on the joystick to put the nose down and stay straight on the runway.  The other hand is activating the reverse thrusters. So then, how does one use the speedbrake?  Is this device used after landing or on final approach before touchdown, like if your approach is too fast? Any ideas?? On the MelJet 777, there is a knob right beside the gear lever that is marked Autobrake. It has several settings like 1,2,3, MAX and RTO. How is this used?? Also, on the speedbrake lever what is "ARM". As you can see by my questions re braking, I have my fair share of "off the end of the runway" problems. I fly a perfect ILS landing in the 777, then have trouble stopping this big bird. BTW, I'm landing on 13,000ft runways.

Speedbird_1961

thanks in advance.

[zcottovision]

In most of the big jets, you can "arm" the speedbrakes by pressing shift + / . This will set them to deploy as soon as your plane hits the ground, and will slow you down fairly rapidly. It saves you having to do them yourself.

Used in conjuction with autobrakes (for the wheels) set to Medium or High and the reverse thrusters, you should be able to stop any plane fairly quickly!

RTO on the autobrakes should always be set on take-off - RTO just stands for rejected take off, and slows you down rapidly if you reach the end of the runway and aren't able to take off for any reason.

[HeavyMetal]

ok, thanks. im gonna try that.

Speedbird_1961

[Mr. Bones]

one remark...if you arm the autospoilers, they will deploy when you reverse trust and they will go down again when you put your throttle back in idle.

the autobrakes start working when you have your throttle in idle. the plane with use the brakes without touching them yourself.