Originally Posted by
Chuck Ellsworth
To give a better idea of why extra speed is better than extra height immediately after take off here is a good example.
We were scooping water on a fire one day when I had an engine start to fail just after lift off from the water it happened just as I reached my start climb speed which was ten knots over the airplanes normal climb speed.
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I am struggling to see how procedures appropriate to a 2 crew mutli engine flying boat with a disposable load have anything to do with EFATO's in SEP's
The extra speed gave me the inertia factor to allow me to scratch my nuts
Oh yah silly me I forgot the point of the post was to make sure nobody forgot about you skygodly powers.
