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Old 27th February 2012 | 02:22
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a reasonably complex departure problem with both close-in and distant obstacles

Generally, the pilot doesn't have the time to run a detailed calculation during line operations.

The traditional method used in Oz works OK -

(a) the aerodrome owner publishes runway distance and obstacle clear splay data

(b) the operator publishes a simplified set of performance data which is suited to runway distance and obstacle clear gradient calculations. This can be in a variety of presentations but none is too difficult for Government work.

We occasionally used this sort of stuff on the line, generally when a NOTAM or similar temporarily invalidated the normal company RTOW data for a runway. The general caveat is that the technique is restricted to simple straight ahead departures.
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