Pegasus,HSL,exeng. .. .that's what i wanted to get at: performance issues. Never heard stabilizer ground effect issues on the MD. .I know that with runway ahead and no obstacles, pausing a moment around 10 degrees of pitch attitude isn't going to ruin the take-off; but what about if at 10 degrees your engine decide to quit? or you encounter a windshear? I think the aircraft will sink much more than if it was at a steeper attitude.. .What I'm saying is that if you reach your target attitude ,and "trouble" starts, you are going to experiencing just a flattening of your take-off gradient, but if you are "pausing" at ~10 degrees pitch attitude, and "trouble" starts, you are in for a bad sinking, even if (pausing at ~10 degrees) your are building speed to trade to regain the positive gradient.. .So,what do you think?. .. .Thanks. .B_D