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Old 25th Sep 2012, 07:16
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Zio Nick
 
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Flex take off procedure produces some benefits in terms of fuel consumption, not marginal, but not high as well. But, indeed, the conditions to apply flex t/o are tight and you should have enough runway length available, besides the airport altitude limitations.
Basically the thing gets so complex that in most of the cases companies give up using it.
Additionally, not all the F50 are equipped with flex t/o...
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