747-400 questions

You should taxi the aircraft yourself.
which is what I do.
I do not use TOGA on T/O

Now on win 98 on 2002 I can't get the throttles to reverse thrust but on
this PC I can.

TOGA I tried to use that once, but dunno what it is.

What does it do.



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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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capt writes:

on T/O set the IAS to 250
arm the autothrottles and the engine speed will come up automtically

I usually don't have any problem with take-off. I look at the speeds that
the
FMC gives me for take off, set the speed selector to that speed or just
above,
then set the throttles by hand to about 70% N1 and press the TOGA button.
The
autothrottle then sets full thrust and, since I'm usually light, a slight
backward pull on the yoke at Vr starts the nose up. I immediately back
off a
bit to avoid a tail strike and try to hold it at about 7 degrees, and as
soon
as I have positive climb it's gear up. At 500-1000 feet, I engage LNAV
and
VNAV. By then I've also retracted the flaps.

Usually that works well, although on a few occasions the aircraft has
really
pitched up steeply and I'm not sure why.

Anyway, it's taxiing that's difficult. It seems that around 36% N1 can
get me
rolling at a reasonable speed, but there's still a tendency to end up
going 40
kts on the taxiway. And if I throttle back, I end up coming to a gentle
stop
instead. It's problematic no matter how the aircraft is loaded.

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