It's not really a power issue. The 50-seat RJ does not have leading edge slats, and as a result the ground roll suffers. Once in the air it climbs like a scared cat. The newer CRJ700 and CRJ900 both have leading edge slats so that should improve the ground run. You probably also noticed a fairly pronounced nose-down attitude on approach, this again is the lack of slats. It is a lighter aircraft so of course it won't "ride" like a 747-400 with 300,000 lbs of fuel on board...but I can assure you it rides better than my Cherokee... Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:22 PM Subject: Re: regional jets (part2 Tampa trip) > As I said was very impressed with the RJ's after being scared to death at the > thought of a smaller plane. How does the size of an RJ Canadair 50seater > conpare with a Gulfstream or a Concorde for inside seating / fusalage > diameter??? > > Acft seemed rather underpowered and had trouble getting out of its own way on > takeoff.--also kinda skittery and twitchy compared to the 'normal ' Jets. > > Saw a Skywest RJ at Dallas with the most ugly paint job in the world > dark blue tail and a green golf course next to a pink/orange city skyscrape > on the front YUCK Looked like a grade school project-what was it? > > Dennis >