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Old 21st May 2005, 15:42
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barit1
 
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a = F/M

INS-equipped aircraft have all the raw data necessary to compare ACTUAL aircraft acceleration on TO vs the rate IMPLIED by AFM. Why this has not become a standard go/nogo check is beyond me.

Just one of many examples: Leased Airbus on a Hadj flight, OEI at rotation, barely made it around the circuit to land safely. Aircraft was impounded & everything weighted. Bottom line - the dispatcher was jailed for clandestine shipment of several tonnes of goodies.

There's a simple way to overcome this - measure acceleration. Can't beat hard data.
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