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Old 7th Sep 2003, 10:27
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Don't be too verbose, tell it to yourself like an actioning checklist NOT an essay as some do above. In the heat of the moment you'll recall short sharp points, NOT essays.

eg something along the lines of the following for your aircraft:

"Vmca is ***, rotate at ***" [from flight manual]

"Engine fails before XXX knots, idle/reverse, if leaving runway, FCO/mixture cutoff, gangbar down" [or whatever appropriate].

"Engine failure after XXX knots continue
accelerate to Vyse [AT YOUR Dalt - Vyse changes!!!!!]
Pitch up
power up
gear up
flap up
dead leg
dead engine
confirm with throttle
feather
fly Vyse climb to circuit/LSALT turning [direction] to avoid[obstacles]"

"If not climbing, close throttle, land ahead".

Rote learn this as points as above. Touch drill too, and PLEASE, if you have pax on hot headsets, push your mike out of the way so they cannot hear what you are saying.

Counter Rotation technically blue line on your ASI is not always Vyse. That speed changes with your altitude (will be a couple of knots different at Ayers Rock to Hobart). Your ASI blue line will be the sea level Vyse usually.Refer to this techlog discussion

dhoby Ghaut how and what is your decision point?

The aerodynamics of an aircraft does not care how much runway is has travelled over or is remaining in order to determine whether it stays in the air. At a certain airspeed an aircraft will decide whether it wants to fly. Why base a go/no decision on a point on the ground? It would change each day with winds and density fluctuations anyway.

Your decision should be made on speed, and speed alone!

CS
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