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Old 31st Jul 2008, 11:41
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Rainboe
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We have a trim switch to change the whole tailplane. It is set before take-off so that during the early pre flap retraction climb, it feels neutral. At Aa, you lower the nose to retract flap and trim forward as you speed up, so it feels neutral when you trim right, so you are not holding any stick pressure. I have just done a max weight take-off with maximum reduced power, and climb attitude was 17 degrees, and the speed was still Vref30+40 at 1000'. I can't imagine what a full power take-off is like. New to the plane, I was rather astonished. It goes like a bat out of hell. And just as you are desperately trying to slow down, it's like being in a car with no brakes- much slipperier than a 737.

If you get really deep into it, rather than try and read across from the sim how you think it would be, save up your pennies and go have a blast in a real advanced simulator with visual system.
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