March 9, 201214 yr HelloI have become a very customer of the MD-11. After having hesitated for a long time (MD-11 is not popular any longer with airlines), I decided to go ahead.While everything is performing very well, I noticed that, at take-off he acceleration to 80kts is very quick, even with derated settings. At least, much quicker than for the other addons I am used to. Is the MD-11 that powerful?Just by curiosity...Ghio,
March 9, 201214 yr I've loaded the MD-11 with 2/3 passengers and cargo (I can't remember the fuel) in icing conditions and with just the engine anti-ice I was able to taxi at IDLE! Kenny Lee"Keep climbing"
March 10, 201214 yr Yes, it is that powerful. I did a re-position cargo flight recently with only 10K lbs. of cargo (ballast) and about 40K lbs. of fuel and was still doing +3,500 VS climbing through FL360 while going directly to FL430.
March 13, 201214 yr I've loaded the MD-11 with 2/3 passengers and cargo (I can't remember the fuel) in icing conditions and with just the engine anti-ice I was able to taxi at IDLE!hmm, never had such situation, even with rather lightly loaded MD11...
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