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Old December 27th, 2008, 21:17   #29
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Default Re: Noises heard at 41 seconds

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Originally Posted by ppragman View Post
True, only 4kts of difference at mtow, and now that I'm flying the 207 again, its v1 is infinity because if I lose a motor, I have to stop. What about on a bigger bird though. Let's say you've got 20kts between v1, and rotate, you hit rotate and and nothing happens, or a fire happens in the cockpit at v1 + 5kts do you continue.

Look up the DC8 crash in JFK where the elevator was jammed and the crew though they had a CG shift a decided to try to force the airplane to fly.
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