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EHM-1838 Andrew:
When i am flying say the airbus 310 320 or any medium sized aircraft,when i am lined up i have everything set up hdg,alt,autothrottle armed etc i then fire up the engines to about 94% release brakes and of i go.I rotate at about 140 to 150 depending on plane pitch up to about 20 degrees  raise gear and at about 190 i retract flaps i reduce to about 10 degrees let the speed climb to about 210 and then activate the autothrottle which is set at 250 kts i then climb at about 1500 to 1800 fpm BUT i am still getting a 4500fpm penalty.Yesterday i tried much slower speeds(as given by a real world 737 pilot) ie 156kts at takeoff try to maintain that drop nose to 10 degrees again let the aircraft pick up speed and then hit autothrottle(this time set at 210 kts and climb as befrore 1500 to 1800 and i STILL  get the same error.
Can somebody help with my takeoff because this fault thing is REALLY begiinning to spoil my flights.
PS i have now just crashed on takeoff because again i was trying different speeds wasnt concentrating and stalled.
Please fellas i need help.
cheers Andy

EHM-1651 Christian:
http://www.avsim.com/pss/manuals/a320man_part3.zip

This is the performance charts and tables for the A320 from PSS check it out and see if it can help you out a little bit on the road.

EHM-1465 Dominic:
Andy,

I don't know exactly how the ProPilot penalty engine works but I'm pretty sure the penalty will register if your climb rate is too high for even a second. Your post seems to indicate a well thought through and planned take-off and climb but it may well be that the aircraft you are using is powerful enough to give you a climb rate above 4500 fpm at full thrust straight after you leave the runway.

In the C-17 on the ProPilot event what I have done is apply full power until take-off, rotate to about 15 degrees and once airborne I reduce the throttles to climb power almost immediately as otherwise the climb rate goes tearing up towards 4500 within seconds (especially at low weight).

So I'd suggest you try reducing power immediately after take-off and before activating autothrottle and see if this works...

Good luck!

EHM-1838 Andrew:
Thanks Dominic
I am becoming obsessed with this.But your post has made me realise i am not watching my gauges,presumably you must be able to see your rate of climb.Trouble is i have now just crashed(a310 )whilst trying different takeoff speeds i will have to wait till i can try again.
Thanks for bearing with me and all my posting;D
cheers   Andy

EHM-1651 Christian:
Test it out offline then try it in Pro Pilot when you are shure you can pull it off,
But you should always monitor the Vertical speed indicator VSI closely on takeoff, as this is the gauge that tells you if you have psoitive rate of climb.

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