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Old 12th Nov 2017, 13:54
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LeadSled
 
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Folks,
Believe me ( I have quite a few thousand hours on them) a -744 engine failure with thrust set, and around 80/90 knots (way below Vmcg) is the hardest to keep off the grass.

Particularly a RR 524 powered, the thrust wind-down seems faster than GE in a flame out.

The moment your sense the failure, it is THRUST OFF, BRAKES ON in that order -- then speedbrakes etc. ---- and you will probably wind up using some differential brake at the expense of stopping distance, to stay on the runway. You have one, maybe two seconds to get the asymmetric thrust off.

FAA have a study ( probably more than one) of engine failures on takeoff, for you doubters, makes interesting reading. For an embarrassingly large number of aborts due to engine failure, runway length to stop is not a big issue, because the aircraft will go off the side due loss of directional control.

Some of the posts suggest it is just a "walk in the park" but that is just where you might finish up --- out in the green stuff, any of you who think you are fireproof could not be on the actual aircraft --- except as self-loading freight.
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