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Old 25th Mar 2009, 17:10
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Gibon2 it can be done and judging from a post from the original thread they exist on some aircraft;

I used to fly Falcon 50's and 900's. We had an accelerometer on the PFD that read out in real time, as well as a time to 90 knots that we could figure out. Upon brake release you would look for a certain value. If you did not have at least that number something was wrong.(Not enough thrust, brake dragging, heavier than calculated, not enough tire pressure, etc).

We could literally abort takeoff at 5 knots based on the G number displayed. Or we could wait until we hit 90 knots. If it was at or less than computed time, go. If more, abort. Shouldn't be to hard to calculate and display on these airplanes as well.
It's quite often the case that business jets have a few extra bells and whistles that airliners don't, Learjets for example are one of the few aircraft to angle of attack meters.
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