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Old 13th Dec 2009, 15:22
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi Hoppy,

I agree. We never see this problem on take off because of those margins. If you are light, then V1 is raised to be >=VMCG.

But on a GA when the aircraft is light & Vref is low - you can get speeds close to VMCA. I've only ever seen it in the sim, but you can run out of rudder authority with wings level.
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