Can an airplane lift off the ground when lift is equal to weight?

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Can a plane lift off the ground at the point when there is the same amount of lift as weight? Or does lift have to be greater?

see: http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13870 – Federico Jul 02 '15 at 08:44 — Federico, Jul 02 '15 at 08:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:59

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Yes they can, in fact aircraft regularly lift off the ground when lift is less than weight. They achieve this by rotating the nose, which provides a vertical component of the thrust vector. See the excellent answers to this question for a detailed explanation.

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answered Jul 02 '15 at 09:21

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Can an airplane lift off the ground when lift is equal to weight?

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