Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The regulation says that you cannot attempt to stop the airplane on the runway once you reach V1... you are going flying.
I'm not suggesting a significant delay in rotating...I'm suggesting that you take a moment to gain lateral control of the aircraft before you rotate.
On a V1 cut, it's already a given that you are going to continue the takeoff...so stopping distance is not in the picture.
I am in complete agreement with the idea that directional control comes first...and rotation second. I've seen far too many V1 cuts where the pilot horsed the jet into the air thinking that this was going to solve his directional control problems.
Bad idea. It's at least a 'do over' and at the worst, a busted check.
The 35' restriction is rarely an issue...in initial training, we are looking for procedural compliance, not whether or not the pilot remembers he's on a 6000' runway vs a 10,000' one. That kind of SA comes later, once basic proficiency is gained.
The PTS also requires that the jet stay over the runway before passing the end...jerk the jet into the air and this is likely not to be the case when the crosswind direction and failed engine side are working against you.
The best advice I can give regarding the V1 cut maneuver is to take everything 'slow and deliberate'. There is no need to jump into the air...get yourself squared away and then...and only then...make a slow and smooth rotation into the takeoff attitude. Then fix any drift due to yaw and/or crosswinds using the runway as reference, not the instruments.
Do that and you are half way home before you get to 35'.