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Old 11th Dec 2015, 18:30
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Bob,

The APU would run the gearboxes (Hyds and Gen), but you stood a good chance of blowing it out if you tried to sweep the wings on the APU alone.

Hope that helps.

As for the CoG argument, the GR had a problem, not so with the longer F2/3. We would routinely taxi (and even reverse) with the wings fully swept.
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