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Old 17th Dec 2012, 16:14
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CliveL
 
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Concorde engines didn't all spool up at the same speed (3 + 1 iirc) so this was normal.
That was indeed so, but #4 was spooled up with the others at 60 kts and the left rudder input from the FDR trace was at 100 kts - no obvious reason for it either.
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