Very suspect 737 takeoff

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pushthebutton

1,097 posts

182 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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Steve_D said:
I may be wrong but it is not about being over weight or out of balance.
The calculation is done by inputting the info into the aircraft computer which then sets the required throttle and the V1, V2 sp...

Steve
Weight and balance and take off performance are two separate calculations. Incorrect W&B calcs could cause the nose to rotate early if the C of G is out of limits, but the video/news story would probably be a lot longer as the aircraft struggled to fly. There's a good chance it would have been uncontrollable once airborne.

TVR1

5,463 posts

225 months

Monday 29th August 2016
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Or, why not go To Pprune, where the OP has pulled the story from....

Trevatanus

Original Poster:

11,122 posts

150 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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TVR1 said:
Or, why not go To Pprune, where the OP has pulled the story from....
Actually, it was a Facebook post.

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Trevatanus said:
TVR1 said:
Or, why not go To Pprune, where the OP has pulled the story from....
Actually, it was a Facebook post.
and Pprune is a site full of idiots that anyone can post on. You get much more accurate information on here than you do there most of the time.