Originally Posted by
neilki
Er... . If a heavy 321 suffers a problem on departure and requires an immediate return then it is impossible to slow to below flap limiting speed without disconnecting the autothrottle.
Can you explain. I fly 321ceo (and 320neo) MLW departures out of LAS for example a couple of times a week.I could be missing something of course.....
Well our jets have a max tow of 84 tonnes, green dot at this weight is i think (without having all the docs to hand) 236 Kts. This would be the slowest speed the A/T will allow. Flap 1 limiting speed is (also without my notes) 230 Kts, so to get below flap limiting speed requires the disconnection of the A/T.
Perhaps other operators have bought more flap rivets!