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Old 10th December 2009 | 07:27
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi Haroon,

VMCG has the benefit of nose wheel forces acting in addition to the rudder. Some aircraft quoted VMCA with up to 5 degs bank towards the live engines.

So although both rely on rudder forces mostly balancing the assymetric thrust, they can use different additional benefits.
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