Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> writes: > You're saying that 7 seconds may be a long time in a F-16, but it isn't even > enough time to increase thrust in a 777? (I was going to say 172, then > realized > that there doesn't seem to be such a thing as light aircraft in ROK)
I think I read that the FAA standard is 5 seconds to spool up from idle but remember they were in landing configuration, flaps and landing gear deployed (thus "draggy"), descending, and significantly slow, and with a jet/turbofan the power comes on late, kind of like turbo lag in a car. Then, even when the engines attain full thrust it's going to take some time to get back to a speed where they can arrest their descent and start gaining altitude. In their situation, trying to recover the profile or go around from 7 seconds out was probably impossible. -- Allan Streib _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
