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Old 5th Apr 2014, 21:43
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Trent 972
 
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Here's a little bit of a hint for you.
"Rotate" is just another way of saying "pull the stick back".
How did you ever manage 50 years of aviation without "pulling the stick back".
It's not like you've discovered a new form of aviation.
As for letting it roll down the runway at full noise without ever having to pull the stick back, maybe, maybe not, but will it achieve the POH numbers with regards to take-off distance required in a limiting situation, probably not.

Challenge for you, next time you're here, visit your good mate Jaba at Caboolture and go for a spin in his mighty RV10. Give yourself min book runway distance figures for takeoff, don't touch the stick, and tell me at what point everybody's @rse starts to pucker.
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