Appreciation
Thanks for all your input.
I've arrived at the same conclusion as stated in the last couple of posts by John and Alex; namely taking the actual TODistance provided by the AOM performance chart and starting the obstacle calculations from that distance, instead of from the end of the published TODA (in the cases where by actual TOD is less than the available.) This will reduce the net climb gradient requriement by quite a bit for close-on obstacles.
The only problem is that my (0,125D) splay also increases in width compared to the "old" splay, so a slightly larger obstacle assesment area comes into consideration.
The whole operation allows me to "balance" the weight restrictions of 2nd segment climb with the weight restrictions on TOD.
And I guess we all agree (as a final conclusion to the inital problem) that no obstacles within the 0,125D splay up to a width of 300m (or 600m in bank) can be "ignored" or left out of the 2nd segment net climb requirements, no matter how visible, described, flood-lighted or flourescent colored they are? (in JAR-OPS)
Cheers
Cloud surfer