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Old 5th October 2005 | 07:44
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Alex Whittingham
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Following on from TheOddOne's suggestion, when the RAF had to clear close in obstacles and they were not field length limited they occasionally employed a device where the field length was notionally reduced by a few hundred metres. This reduced the FLL weight but moved the end of the TODR back, away from the obstacles, thus improving obstacle clearance. Might work for a turboprop?
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