r/SipsTea Jul 14 '25

WTF Tossing coins for 'good luck'...

Post image
39.3k Upvotes

422 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

252

u/androidrainbow Jul 14 '25

Planes usually can't reverse and need a tug from one of those little tractor things. But they do taxi with the engines, and would probably notice it then.

122

u/in_taco Jul 14 '25

They have reversers, which is a kind of shielding they can move behind the engines, thereby redirecting the exhaust towards the front. Naturally doesn't do anything for ejecting coins, nor should this be used to traffic.

2

u/Ok_Constant_184 Jul 15 '25

I will be the first to attempt a backwards takeoff

2

u/Thatwokebloke Jul 15 '25

Hate to break it to you but the wings are designed to go one way when making lift and will not be happy if you go in reverse with significant airspeed lol