Runway length help.
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FullWings wrote:
Is this because engine failures are more likely while they're running up to full power and just after they get there? Sitting in a Saab doing the on-the-spot disco dance at the end of 27 at Kirkwall, watching the windsock on Viagra pointing directly across the runway, I've often wondered why there was such a wait between hitting full oomph and actually getting going.
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I'm pretty sure that full power would be set on the brakes and left there for a while until all were happy!
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Originally Posted by Self Loading Freight
I've often wondered why there was such a wait between hitting full oomph and actually getting going.
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The Mini Busses use optimized performance to increase energy in the event of an EFATO, so they try to use increased V2 which sometimes gives some very high speeds on a long runway.
Not always good when the tyre shreds around V1 and you end up with a hyd leak and massive vibration as happened to one of our chaps years ago
Not always good when the tyre shreds around V1 and you end up with a hyd leak and massive vibration as happened to one of our chaps years ago