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Old 19th May 2015, 08:35
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hikoushi
 
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You may prefer the American method. Steer it straight down the runway and hold 'er on the deck an extra 10 knots or so past VR (you know all CAT III runways are 15000 feet long and you know it's okay so don't give me any bunk about the performance numbers only being valid at the calculated speeds, flex takeoff power and balanced field lengths or any other high-brow gibberish). Then give it a SLOW rotation for about 3 seconds and hold the nose JUST before where you lose sight of the horizon. Then, count "one-potato-TWO" and HONK back on the wheel / stick like you mean it. Which you will, because some of the faint glow you will see where the runway lights should be, will be yellow about now. T.L.A.R. That Looks About Right and HEAVE HO we are off and flying.

Now, you should have a touch of vertigo now as you are still staring out the window into the formless grey void. It's a visual maneuver until airborne so stay visual until airborne, right? All the way or nothing at all brother. So now STARE INTENTLY at the PFD, and try to resolve the 25 degree nose-up attitude you see (since you are still pulling the stick back in the Hammer Grip of Death) and push 'er on over to get back to a normal 15 degree pitch. After a few phugoid porpoises, hit the autopilot on and be done with it.

Now you see why we waited for some extra speed before the "grease-off".

Isn't that how you do it every time in really crummy weather?

For the landings, I think a better technique is to do nothing until the 20 foot call, then chop the power, flare a touch, close your eyes and pray. Works about as good as any other technique.
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