With our current takeoff mass of roughly 7100 kg or 16,000 lb the v-speeds are:Īs denoted earlier this part is purely optional and you can skip all the way to the “Climb” section of this tutorial. Typically the speed actually flown in the first segment is V2 + 10 kts or faster. This speed is flown when one engine failed during the takeoff and we decided to continue into the air, above V1. V2 is the climb speed for the initial segment after lift off up to flap retraction. VR is the rotation speed at which the yoke is pulled aft to lift the nose off the ground. Above V1 we are committed to the flight, we have to continue the takeoff. When we are already faster then V1 either the runway is not long enough to stop from that point with that high speed or the maximum brake energy would be exceeded which may also result in an runway overrun. When a critical malfunction occurs like the failure of an engine we can abort the takeoff roll when we are slower than V1.

V1 is the takeoff decision speed, also called “V go”. Let us quickly review the meaning of the three V-speeds: V1, VR and V2 Hold down the left mouse button to grab the parking brake and move the mouse to drag the lever forward.

Because we're not going the full length of the route to GVO the total distance of this flight will be less than the original 117 NM (216.7 km) and it should take us 30 to 45 minutes, depending weather you like to do the sight seeing at the beginning or just blast off Bob Hope and head up to the cruise altitude.Ĭruise altitude for this flight is going to be FL 180, we should be able to reach that easily even with the optional sight seeing tour at the beginning, we're very light with a lot of thrust coming from the powerful engines. We're then swing around manually and intercept the ILS at Santa Barbara in heading mode. I'm using GVO more as a fix to flip the approach to the North side of the airport which is more scenic and makes it a lot easier to spot the airport, because we'll fly almost over top it. Towards the end of the flight we're actually not going to flying over the Gaviota VOR (GVO) because it bring us close to the mountains North of Santa Barbara and make the route quite a bit longer.

Weather or not you fly this little sight seeing tour is up to you, you could of course also repeat the flight and do it the second time if you like. The parts that can be left out will be marked as optional. During the flight we're going to show how to intercept a VOR, you can skip this as well if you like. This route is going to take us South-West first, to see the Hollywood Sign and the downtown city of L.A., we'll describe how to level off, fly manual heading and then resume the route but you can skip all this if you like.

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