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Originally Posted by DARR31
So do RJ pilots really pop it off the runway, or is that just a rumor?
They shouldn't. Variations of the CRJ wing have had something like four fatal wingtip stall, loss of control events. They did not have to worry about tail strikes, but the supercritical (likes M.82 to .85) wing with no slats is a ground lover. (which is why most RJ guys shrug off descriptions of no flap T38 flying)
I'm a former corporate jet, RJ puke and instructors have been telling me to rotate faster ever since I got to Delta.
Like most of the experienced hands; it is best to slowly rotate to the appropriate pitch attitude and let it fly off unless you're not seeing red and white lights any more.
Some very good friends of Carl and mine are dead due to over aggressive rotation to nail V2. They were doing aircraft certification work, but the lessons they learned are worth repeating. Importantly; stalls in ground effect are not well documented and are not tested. While the Boeing fleet is generally limited by it's geometry (tail strikes) the Douglas fleet is not. Usually the stalling AOA in ground effect is 15 to 20% less than in free air and the propagation is instant and ugly. Especially when cross controlled the Douglas fleet did not leave me with the warm and fuzzy that the wing had a whole lot more left to give.
Guess what other airplane the folks that gave our friends the bad data worked on ... Again, my procedure in Douglas is fast as I can justify until the Captain begins to complain, then back it off 1 knot.
05-16-2024
