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Originally Posted by WacoFan

OK...going to show my stupidity here, fortunately it will come as a surprise to no one.

I always thought V1 was the speed at which you were committed to flying if an engine failed, due to the inability to stop on the remaining runway if you aborted at that speed or higher. If that is indeed the case, how would Pat's comment above work? If you have an airplane that can take off within 3,500 feet, on an 11,000 foot runway - how would you calculate V1? You obviously have much more runway than is needed, and if V1 is calculated based upon the stopping distance from a given speed, then V1 would be a very high number on this runway wouldn't it?

Yes but V1 can never be higher than Vr. So they are typically the same speed for small airplanes.