TOP test
The TOP-test (take-off performance test, German starting performance test ) determines the basic data for the calculation of the starting performance of an aircraft. This test must be passed through several test runs for each aircraft type before technical approval. Tailbumpers are attached to the aircraft so that the test can be carried out without damage to the aircraft .
The starting power (Engl. Take-off performance) of an aircraft depends on many factors such as altitude , wind direction , speed departure, runs a protective cover and length as well as weather conditions , and safety factors. The basic data for calculating the take-off performance must be flown in the TOP test for each aircraft type. The data flown is shown graphically in the flight manual. Before every take-off of an aircraft, the pilot must use this basic data to calculate the take-off power under the respective on-site conditions.
See also
literature
- Press release at Intec 2006 - Airbus relies on Enidine , Bad Bellingen, July 26, 2006
- TSB-Report of Canada - Take-off performance monitoring , Reassesment of the responses from Transport Canada to aviation safety recommendation A06-07, March 15, 2007
- Lush, KJ - Standardization of Take-Off Performance Measurements for Airplanes, Technical Note R-12 , AFFTC, Edwards AFB, California.
- Anderson, John D., Jr. - Introduction to Flight, 3rd ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 1989.