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Old 22nd February 2017 | 08:27
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Harry Cooper
 
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Originally Posted by Squawk7700
Lots of info has just come to light in the news regarding feathering:

Pilots untrained to deal with 'feathering' failure that may have caused DFO crash: experts
What a stupid headline.

Standard Raisbeck figures would give a V1/Vr of 94kts with a takeoff safety speed of 103 kts. If the Autofeather failed then as per the manual Vmca could be as high as 108 kts. Your already 14kts behind the eight ball if you had the failure as you rotated. 5 seconds into a 10 second flight just to recognise what the hell is going on.

Maybe the Kobayashi Maru should be a standard sim check.
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