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Old 20th May 2011, 03:19
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It's all up to you unless there's a SID or similar you can guarantee to make the gradient for.

Things to consider, which hopefully you already have seeing it's a renewal, you would be well advised to have a cunning master plan that includes the runway obstacle free gradient and splay (see the ERSA - based on runway surface width amongst other things) to cover you for the initial departure and climb, and hopefully get you up to circling height, from which you can climb to reach 10 and 25 nm MSA and enroute LSALT within the appropriate distances.

Also if it's a multi engine, you would definitely want to have considered what happens when you lose a donk and can hardly make 100fpm rate of climb, which will probably entail turning back in a safe direction to overhead in the circling area and either getting it back on the ground visually or joining an instrument approach, or climbing laboriously to a safe height while staying in the circling area boundaries (making use of all the different categories can help) and going somewhere else.
Even if you were departing somewhere with a SID, it's no good to you if you can't make the gradient with an engine out.
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