Old 06-07-2010 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
If you just kept accelerating without rotating the airplane would also eventually takeoff when the lift got high enough

I'm not so sure every plane will do that !!!! How long of a runway? Would the drag of the wheels on the ground be enough to never allow many / most jet planes to ever reach the "non-rotation" lift off speed?

But, I get the point you're trying to make.
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