Originally Posted by
common toad
The aircraft is a joy to fly and the 3-engine ferry is not difficult IF you follow the correct procedures. Are you by any chance new to the BAe 146? Have you completed the 3-engine ferry training? Trust me, you do not want to be pushing your luck with loosing a second engine at high weight - it will not end well.
BAe provides operators with very comprehensive flight manuals and an FCOM that is full of performance info and other useful data. Unless you wish to become the first at the scene of an accident I suggest that you stick to the way the manufacturer intended the aircraft to be operated.
Thanks for your message and yes, I have flown the BAe146 including a 3 engine ferry flight. I have been teaching in the flight simulator (which is now in Missoula) for about 12 years, most of it full time during which I must have trained at least 100 pilots for 3 engine ferry operations.
The situation with the operators that I work with now is that they operate the aircraft as Fire fighting aircraft carrying 3000 gallons of retardant. When taking of at a weight of just over 40,000 kg it could be considered preferable to get airborne rather than risk a high speed take-off rejection. Particularly because, at a press of a button, the load could be jettisoned in 3 seconds reducing the weight to 28,000 kg. By having a lower V1 a high speed abort can be avoided provided there is enough runway left to get airborne and safely achieve V2. The question is how to get the required lowest V1 figure for the existing conditions.