Min accleration check
I have always used 120 knots by around or just past the last set of Captain's bars (3000 feet). Yes, I realize that it is the high-speed regime but by that point but you could still get the airplane stopped if something were seriously wrong with the acceleration and it seems to work whether one is at max power (thus heavy) or reduced. Obviously power plays the leading role but it comes pretty close all the time +/-.
Granted that this personal rule of thumb was not the subject of thousands of man-hours of post doctoral research, four years of commentary period, and endless committee meetings, but I have found it has been pretty close in everything I have flown post military wide or narrow body including the -400 and the 777.
Would be interested if anyone else has the same experience with this.
Last edited by Uncle Fred; 25th Mar 2009 at 16:07.