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Old 27th Mar 2006, 20:12
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Miserlou
 
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Being a conservative business, only half of the headwind component or one and a half times the tailwind component is used in the calculaton of take-off distance. Thus, the aircraft should at any time out perform the calculated figure.

It follows then that any extra drag must be so small as to be negligible and far less than running off the side of the runway. Consider also, the effect of tyre pressures.
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