Originally Posted by
Silvaire1
A lot of people in a lot of planes make take-offs at less than 100% power: at a high DA airport you can only get partial power from a normally aspirated engine.
The generally accepted definition of a "reduced power takeoff" is one where the pilot deliberately chooses to not set the power/engine controls to produce the maximum power available.
Last edited by Big Pistons Forever; 3rd Jun 2015 at 18:25.