Originally Posted by
F-16GUY
Not possible in the F-16. Flaps up/down follows the gear handle. Taking off with the gear and flaps up will probably require one more engine :-)
Doesn't liners have warning systems for wrong T/O configuration?
Well it depends...
- no flaps, yes A&B have warnings
- too less flaps, don't know the current state of airbus T/O checklists on ECAM but I was flying more than 10 years the bus with T/O ECAM happy with ANY flap setting (1,2 and 3)....
Most of the time T/Os are performed wit F1, but if your calcs were for F2 or even F3 there was NO warning if you put the flap lever to F1 for T/O.....
Another thing is Tflex. Neither on A320 nor on A340 flex temp was asked for in a checklist on my operator. Well, on A300 it was....