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Old 29th Nov 2012, 15:30
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Sorry, Tom, indeed you did not say that pilots are routinely over speeding flaps but that they are routinely over speeding minimum retract speed. In the same post you suggest raising the flaps at v2plus 10 with all engines operating. I don't know about your type but in the Hawker, VFTO is when the flaps come up in the climb with all engines operating, which is usually about V2plus 30, depending on conditions. We bug V2 as a reference speed in case an engine fails at V1. In that scenario flaps are raised at V2plus 10 in level flight at 1500' while accelerating to VFTO.

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