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17th Performance and Operations Conference in Dubai

Takeoff at Low Weights

Presented by
Trevor TWEED / Senior Performance Engineer
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flight from DXB to DOH

Short flight (low fuel load)

Runway is long (no perfo limitation)

•)

How will you calculate your takeoff

speeds?

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Contents

1 With LPC

2 With RTOW Charts – temperature entry

3 With RTOW Charts – weight entry

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Contents

1 With LPC

2 With RTOW Charts – temperature entry

3 With RTOW Charts – weight entry

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Calculation with LPC

LPC makes a dedicated calculation for the exact conditions
that you demand TOW

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Calculation with LPC

LPC makes a dedicated calculation for the exact conditions
that you demand TOW

LPC handles a calculation at

low weight just like any other

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short flight from DXB

LPC solution

•)

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Contents

1 With LPC

2 With RTOW Charts – temperature entry

3 With RTOW Charts – weight entry

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What about RTOW charts ?

• A temp entry chart is TOW
produced up to a max
temperature
– Tflexmax

• Tflexmax is associated
to a low takeoff weight

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What about RTOW charts ?

• A temp entry chart is TOW
produced up to a max
temperature
– Tflexmax

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What about RTOW charts ?

A temp entry chart
runs up to a max
TOW
temperature -
Tflexmax

To obtain Vspeeds at
low weights

• Apply speed
corrections
• check Vspeeds
against minimum
speeds
V

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Temperature Entry – apply speed corrections

Temperature Entry Chart

Î linear relationship Quite simple!

Vspeeds vs MTOW

TOW

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Temperature Entry DXB-DOH flight

Example: A330
Conf1+F, TOW = 170T

Resultant speeds
138 / 139 / 145

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Contents

1 With LPC

2 With RTOW Charts – temperature entry

3 With RTOW Charts – Weight Entry

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What about Weight Entry charts ?

TOW

Extrapolate Weight Entry

Î minimum speeds

1. Impossible to apply chart

corrections
2. “uncomfortable” speeds

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What about Weight Entry charts ?

Temperature Entry Chart

Î linear relationship Whysoissimple!

Not this?
Quite simple!
Vspeeds vs MTOW
Let’s do some theory
Weight Entry Chart
V1 min
Î linear relationship
Vspeeds vs MTOW

TOW

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Theory !!!
MTOW

RTOW Chart

t1 temp no.1 wt1 t1

wt1

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Theory – build an RTOW chart

MTOW

RTOW Chart

wt1 t1
wt2 temp t2 wt2 t2

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Theory – continue up to Tflexmax

MTOW

RTOW Chart

wt1 t1
wt2 t2
wt3 t3
wt4 t4
temp = max FLEX wt Tflexmax

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Theory – cannot go beyond Tflexmax

MTOW

RTOW Chart

wt1 t1
wt2 t2
wt3 t3
wt4 t4
wt5 Tflexmax
wt6 Tflexmax

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Theory – final points calculated at minimum Vspeeds

MTOW

RTOW Chart

M wt1 t1
I
N wt2 t2
S wt3 t3
P
E wt4 t4
E wt5 Tflexmax
D
S wt6 Tflexmax
wt7 Tflexmax

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Theory – there is a breakpoint in Vspeeds !

MTOW

RTOW Chart
M
I wt1 t1
N
wt2 t2
S
P wt3 t3
E
E
wt4 t4
D wt5 Tflexmax
S
wt6 Tflexmax
wt7 Tflexmax

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Theory – there is a breakpoint in Vspeeds !

V
RTOW Chart

wt1 t1
wt2 t2
wt3 t3
wt4 t4
wt5 Tflexmax
wt6 Tflexmax
V min
wt7 Tflexmax
TOW

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What about Weight Entry charts ?

TOW
If you extrapolate…..
M
Î minimum speeds I
N

S
P
E
E
D
S

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flight from DXB to DOH

Short flight (low fuel load)

Runway is long (no perfo limitation)

•)

Do you really want to take off at very

low speed?
You will have a lot of unused
runway!

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Today’s Flight to DOH – Minimum speeds

Short flight (low fuel TOW for

load) V today’s flight

Long runway (no

perfo limitation)

Do you really want to take

off at very low speed?
V min
You will have a lot of
unused runway! TOW

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Today’s Positioning Flight – Recommendation

Do not simply read the TOW for

chart V today’s flight
Apply speed correction
from inside the chart
Start here

Speed correction

V min

TOW

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Recommendation – in practice

Vspeeds
decreasing
Start here

discontinuity
Speed
correction minimum
Vspeeds
(constant)

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Recommendation – DOH flight

Example: A330
Conf1+F, TOW = 170T

Vspeeds
Minimum speeds decreasing
113 / 125 / 134

Recommended
discontinuity
method
139 / 140 / 146
minimum
Vspeeds
(constant)

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Summary
• RTOW – Weight Entry
• Direct use of charts may give “uncomfortable” Vspeeds
• Airbus recommends extrapolating from first line at Tflexmax

• RTOW – Temperature Entry

• Requires extrapolation and check of min speeds

• LPC
•Easy !

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