I'm afraid someone else will have to answer your questions. FCP is perhaps a more advanced ATR component on the newer models and I don't fly the machine anymore. But 15 degrees seems a bit much of a rotation target for a prop, especially the lengthened ATR-72. Tailstrike avoidance is a big consideration on that aircraft.
But I do have a question for the ATR experts out there on the icing issue. I seem to remember that extended de-ice boots were made mandatory in North America after the Roselawn accident but the Europeans did not because they felt that the accident was pilot error. Have extended de-ice boots been introduced since that time.
Last edited by JammedStab; 23rd December 2012 at 11:32.