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Originally posted by socalpunx:
So if necessary, and engine life were not a factor for this excersize, you could potentially go from zero to takeoff thrust with wreckless abandon set the wing flaps for takeoff and...

Take off. Right?
Not immediately. You have to have foward momentum to get wind going across the wings.
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