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Old 23rd Dec 2011, 20:47
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Bealzebub
 
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DariusZW,

You seem very reluctant to accept and understand what all these good people are trying to tell you.

V1 is simply an accelerate/stop distance speed. Where the runway length and environmental factors do not result in an earlier limit, VR the point at which rotation to an airborne phase takes place, becomes the co-incidental point. Once you have rotated to become airborne, or actually become airborne, the accelerate/stop distance speed is irrelevant, since it is only measured on the ground.

Could you land in the remaining distance? Maybe. The problem is how do you know. What is the distance once you are airborne. What is the landing distance from that variable height with only take off flap and not landing flap? What effect will a weight possibly well in excess of your maximum landing weight have on the stopping distance and brake energy limits?

What you as an individual decide to do, is ultimately up to you. The purpose of the V1 speed is to provide a safety calculation based on a set of defined criteria.

It isn't unusual for engine failures to go with a "big bang," however getting airborne, resolving the issue, and landing with a full runway ahead of you is what a competent pilot is trained to do. Safety cannot be deemed to exist unless those charged with it are both competent and fully understand the rationale on which they make their decisions.

The question is fair enough, but you are not accepting the rationale on which the answers are being provided.
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