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• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 6-12
  Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs › Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb › Lift-Off

  Lift-Off As VX approaches, the pilot should apply back-elevator pressure until reaching the appropriate VX attitude to ensure a smooth and firm lift-off, or rotation. Since the airplane accelerates more rapidly after lift-off, the pilot should ... apply additional back-elevator pressure to hold a constant airspeed. After becoming airborne, the pilot will maintain a wings-level climb at VX until all obstacles have been cleared, or if no obstacles are present, until reaching an altitude…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 6-13
  Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs › Soft/Rough-Field Takeoff and Climb › Initial Climb

  soft-field takeoff, the pilot should perform the climb-out at VX until the obstacle has been cleared. The pilot should then adjust the pitch attitude to VY and retract the gear and flaps. The power can then be reduced ... after applying power. ⦁ Poor directional control. ⦁ Climbing too high after lift-off and not levelng off low enough to maintain ground effect attitude. ⦁ Abrupt and/or excessive elevator control while attempting to level off and accelerate after liftoff. ⦁ Allowing the airplane…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 6-12
  Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs › Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb › Initial Climb

  This method is preferable to forcing the airplane to remain on the ground with forward elevator-control pressure until VX is attained. Holding the airplane on the ground unnecessarily puts excessive pressure on the nose-wheel and may result ... airplane is clear of obstacles (or as recommended by the manufacturer) and VY has been established. Until all obstacles have been cleared, the pilot should maintain focus outside the airplane instead of reaching for landing gear or flap controls…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 6-13
  Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs › Soft/Rough-Field Takeoff and Climb › Takeoff Roll

  surface irregularities or adhesion. If this attitude is accurately maintained, the airplane virtually flies itself off the ground, becoming airborne but at an airspeed slower than a safe climb speed because of ground effect. [Figure 6-10] Figure ... lower the nose with the wheels clear of the surface to allow the airplane to accelerate to a minimum safe climb out speed, Immediately after the airplane becomes airborne and while it accelerates, the pilot should be aware that, while…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 6-11
  Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs › Ground Effect on Takeoff

  result in a significant reduction in climb performance; therefore, the pilot should maintain precise control of the airspeed to ensure the maneuver is executed safely and successfully. Due to the reduced drag in ground effect, the airplane may seem ... ground effect below the recommended climb speed, initial climb performance will be much less than at VY or even VX. Under conditions of high density altitude, high temperature, and/or maximum gross weight, the airplane may be able to lift…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 11-6
  Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance › Climb Performance

  maintain level flight at that altitude. This leaves 70 horsepower available to climb. The pilot holds airspeed constant and increases power to perform the climb. As an example of factor 2, an aircraft is flying level at 120 knots ... altitude (PE); the airspeed decreases to something less than 120 knots as the altitude increases. There are two primary reasons to evaluate climb performance. First, aircraft must climb over obstacles to avoid hitting them. Second, climbing to higher altitudes…