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Originally Posted by svandamme
Altitude, speed, wind, distance from the runway
once the engine fails.. every second the variables get much worse
The window of opportunity is VERY small.
Hence the recommendation to use ALL available runway for take off. even if you normally have the extra power to take off at 1/3rd.
Taking all of it could be the difference in altitude and speed if you run out of power just past the end of the runway.
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When I first read that I thought about a 172 lumbering down all 6000' of runway, then I read it a second time and realized you meant take off from the end, not an intersection. Some days my brain don't work so good.
Anyway, if anyone gets a chance to rent or buy this. Do it. Good documentary. In the beginning Harrison Ford is talking to Sean D Tucker and Bob Hoover and calls them matures because Harrison crashed twice with far fewer hours flying time.