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Old 9th Aug 2011, 00:21
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V2 Climb question

Iam a F/O on a regonal turbo prop and I have a question regarding a climb after departure from one of our ports.

Our company escape procedure states. For runway 18

" at 600 ft turn right onto heading 360 do not retract flap until turn complete intercept the 300 radial climb to MSA"

The airport is surrounded by high terrain to the south and a departure from runway 36 not always avaliable.

My question is should one climb at V2 to the acceleration altitude or climb at best rate or angle ?

Most Captains choose to fly at V2 but there is one in particular that flies it at Vy stating that if you climb at V2 and lose an engine you will lose to much energy and drop below your V2 climb speed this is why he chooses to fly at the faster speed.

My thoughts are you should climb at V2 as this is what the perfomance information is calculated on particularly the turn.

Any thoughts ?
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