wrote:
: This is one of the few safety advantages of light piston singles. When you
: reach takeoff speed in a single, pull back, but the plane doesn't want to
: fly for whatever reason, you will most often have ample runway left to abort
: the takeoff (assuming a runway of 3500 ft or longer). And if you do run off
: the end, it will be at low speed, so chances are there will be no injuries.
: In a jet, once you exceed V1 on takeoff you are committed. Then if the
: plane won't fly at Vr, due to wing contamination or some other cause, you
: are screwed unless you are on an exceptionally long runway.

You, sir, get the prize. With reduced thrust takeoffs the V1/Vr speed is set
so that an abort at V1 will use the entire remainder of the runway. An abort
beyond V1 guarantees a trip into the woods.

The airfoil shapes on aircraft with a top speed of less than 0.2 mach
really aren't all that sensitive to minor surface contamination such as one
1mm particle per square cm. I have seen many aircraft with paint worse than
that flying. There's even a 150 with *moss* on it's wings that flies
occasionally.
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Aaron C.