Meikleour What series of A340 did you have the failure in ? When I first flew the A340-600 I was surprised how high the min V1 was around 141 Knts from memory, having come from a 300 series with again from memory a min V1 of around 124 knots. Whenever I was in the 600 I mentally questioned the Airbus go mindedness 100 knot philosophy when it was so far below the minV1 which I guess was a Vmcg limitation.