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Comment by melenaboija

1 day ago

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

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melenaboija

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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!

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