If the EPR gauge is known to be faulty, would it not be safer to take-off using max thrust?
Or is that not possible with modern bypass engines?
On the old things I used to fly, 'full power' take-offs were mandatory with a U/S engine pressure gauge (we used actual P7 values rather than pressure ratio) - and we also had a minimum rpm value acceptable for reduced thrust take-offs of 93% (in earlier days it had been 96%....).
Last edited by BEagle; 15th August 2005 at 05:47.