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Old 11th Jan 2010, 11:56
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Yes. However from idle or thereabouts the acceleration response is sluggish until the engine reaches a certain speed where acceleration is more or less instant.

It is one of the reasons immediately prior to take off that you will notice an aircraft's engines accelerated from idle to a low power setting followed by a brief pause for the engines to stabilise before the required take off power is applied.
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