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0 pointsmelenaboija10mo ago0 comments

Is cutting off fuel while taking off a better solution than letting them burn?

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Sometimes? If you have enough altitude to trade for speed then after the cutoff you could glide to a hypothetical miraculously-placed runway right in front of you, vs. having fire quickly consume the entire plane if you don't cutoff..

labcomputer10mo ago

It is if you don’t want the wing spar to fail!

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cjbprime10mo ago

labcomputer10mo ago

It is if you don’t want the wing spar to fail!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse