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The airplane I currently fly has a Vmu below the rotationspeed per the flight manual.
I agree with you that the Vmu ( is a fixed speed) is higher then the LOWEST POSSIBLE Vr, but that that low of a Vr is not used in operational speeds, because of the tailstrike that occurs. Therefore the Vr in the books, for a balanced field length or whatever isn't necessarily lower then Vmu.
Back to your main question though.
Mostly you rotate initially to the pitch attitude that is taught, and proven in operation. Then you expect to get a certain acceleration from that, both engines you will accelerate through V2, and then gradually increase your pitch attitude ( or not) to climbout etc. So if for some reason the speed doesn't increase as anticipated, (or over rotated) I'd slowly decrease the pitch attitude to get the speed increase. ( or should I say instead of decrease the pitch>>> less-increase the pitch because you don't want to "level off")
so speed first, then altitude will come!
Last edited by Hawker-rider; 23rd October 2003 at 11:06.