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Old 16th Nov 2012, 16:52
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tommoutrie
 
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.. thought of something else pace..

regardless of the conditions, in the event of an engine failure you would fly your plane at V2 flapped to acceleration altitude, take the flaps up at the appropriate speed, and climb away at V2+minimum, then go to an enroute climb speed at an appropriate time. wouldn't you?

So why is there a fear among pilots that selecting flap up at V2+20 will somehow make your aircraft unstable or prone to turbulance? Because its a very common misconception. The amount of lift you need from the wing is significantly reduced in the climb and you will be somewhere around 1.5 Vs so where does the feeling that the aeroplane needs 40 or 50 knots of extra speed from. All we are doing is degrading the 2nd segment climb and therefore wasting fuel and making noise.

just a thought..
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