Thanks for the explanations guys.
Rainboe, I ask purely out of interest! Basically, although I have never experienced it first-hand, I think that from a passenger's point of view it comes as an enormous shock.
As for proximity to V1 when aborting, take a look at this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...43939212729970
It takes an eternity to download and the guy who's filmed it is a bit of a moron (ridiculous commentary), but the video itself is interesting. It looks like this aircraft was at V1 more or less when it aborted. Agree?
Can anyone envisage a situation in which you would abort just after V1? Or is that an absolute no-goer (so to speak)?
Chris