Further to the original post about going near V1and a configuration warning, the recent up-dated edition by Boeing for the FCTM B737-200, April 2005, makes an interesting distinction between low and high speed configuration warning. Quote in part: "Prior to 80 knots, the take off should be rejected for any of the following:
Activation of the master caution system.
System failure(s).
Unusual noise or vibration.
Tire failure.
Abnormally slow acceleration.
Unsafe configuration warning.
Fire or fire warning.
If the airplane is unsafe or unable to fly.
After 80 knots and prior to V1, the take off should be rejected for any of the following:
Fire or fire warning.
Engine failure.
If the airplane .is unsafe or unable to fly" Unquote.
I may be reading more into it than was intended by Boeing, but notice that there is no mention specifically after 80 knots of rejecting for an unsafe take off configuration warning. It is of course left to pilot judgement if he considers the aircraft is unsafe or unable to fly. This would perhaps tie in with a previous Pprune comment on this thread where Boeing suggested that a take off configuration warning nearing V1 was not necessarily a cause to reject the take off. Naturally Boeing cannot cover every conceivable eventuality and one presumes therefore it is odds on that a late configuration warning is a false warning.
Last edited by Centaurus; 21st Feb 2006 at 23:11.