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Old 8th Jun 2003, 18:10
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ccy sam
 
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There's no reason a piston twin driver can't use an escape proceedure designed for a turbine aircraft. The problem is that as far as I know a piston twin weighing less than 5700 KG only has to be able to maintain 5000ft with one inop. No requirement to have any sort of climb gradient if one fails after takeoff. The escape proceedures are calculated on a minimum climb gradient, usually 2.4%. Aside from a Barron on a cold day I cannot think of any piston twin that would meet this requirement.
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