← Back to context Comment by melenaboija 1 day ago Is cutting off fuel while taking off a better solution than letting them burn? 2 comments melenaboija Reply cjbprime 1 day ago 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.. labcomputer 20 hours ago It is if you don’t want the wing spar to fail!
cjbprime 1 day ago 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..
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..
It is if you don’t want the wing spar to fail!