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Old 29th Aug 2021, 15:05
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td, henra; a more significant problem is with the aircraft structure, nose leg compression; - total energy.

Faster off the ramp has advantages - vectored thrust not required, higher takeoff wt, but the aircraft structure has to account for ‘V squared’ in the energy equation when entering and ‘rotating’ on the ramp.

I recall a Harrier incident where the takeoff distance was miscalculated - the roll required before the ramp inadvertently added the ramp length; fast on the ramp, nose-leg ‘exploded’ due to over compression.
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