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Old 21st January 2007 | 15:48
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From: La Belle Province
Originally Posted by novicef
Could you please give an example of aircraft types where Vmca or Vmcg are higher for future reference.
This question comes up over and over, because of that stupid interview question, and the stupid answer the interviewers seem to expect ... GIGO I'm afraid. Consequently, it's been discussed before. One previous discussion was here

To quote the specifically relevant parts:
Originally Posted by me
Bombardier's Global Express has a slightly higher Vmca than Vmcg. The CRJ-700 has a lower Vmca than Vmcg. (In both cases, the differences in the speeds is small).
Originally Posted by Alex Whittingham
Here's another. The L1011-1 has a lower Vmca than Vmcg, usually by 3 or 4 kt.
edit: I'm not calling asking the question here stupid, by the way, but asking it at the interview is.
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