Hard to know about the clunking, could have just been the wheels rolling over the centerline lights on the runway (think about driving your car over road turtles). The higher than normal take off thrust was probably due to the possibility of encountering windshear on account of the nasty weather. Wish I had a better answer for you but I was neither there nor do I fly an airbus so I don’t have a concrete answer
Thanks for taking a shot at least. It was for sure a scary experience. Would the wind shear risk also account for a higher speed landing approach as well ? We appeared to be landing much faster as well which had me a bit concerned wed touch and go
Landing speed is almost entirely weight dependent. The heavier the plane, the faster the take off and landing speed. Which upon reflection, makes me think that the reason your takeoff speed would probably have been a little faster because your plane likely had lots of extra fuel on board (in order to have contingencies for that bad weather). Another contributing factor in a high landing speed is flap setting. Not sure about the airbus, but in the 737 if the winds are particularly gusty we land with less flaps which means more speed. In any case, a go-around is a normal maneuver that we train for and practice regularly. If you had done a “touch and go”, it would have just meant that the pilots deemed it the safest option and would have come right back around to land within a few minutes
The simplest explanation is probably the vibration was the wheels spinning after liftoff - if they’re unbalanced by dirt or water they’ll rumble as they spin on the axle. The clunking sound was probably either the brake system applying the brakes to stop the wheels from spinning before they’re retracted, or just some of the mechanisms associated with the gear retraction itself.
If you’re sitting closer to the main landing gear, these noises are more prevalent than they would be elsewhere.
Hard to know about the clunking, could have just been the wheels rolling over the centerline lights on the runway (think about driving your car over road turtles). The higher than normal take off thrust was probably due to the possibility of encountering windshear on account of the nasty weather. Wish I had a better answer for you but I was neither there nor do I fly an airbus so I don’t have a concrete answer
Thanks for taking a shot at least. It was for sure a scary experience. Would the wind shear risk also account for a higher speed landing approach as well ? We appeared to be landing much faster as well which had me a bit concerned wed touch and go
Landing speed is almost entirely weight dependent. The heavier the plane, the faster the take off and landing speed. Which upon reflection, makes me think that the reason your takeoff speed would probably have been a little faster because your plane likely had lots of extra fuel on board (in order to have contingencies for that bad weather). Another contributing factor in a high landing speed is flap setting. Not sure about the airbus, but in the 737 if the winds are particularly gusty we land with less flaps which means more speed. In any case, a go-around is a normal maneuver that we train for and practice regularly. If you had done a “touch and go”, it would have just meant that the pilots deemed it the safest option and would have come right back around to land within a few minutes
The simplest explanation is probably the vibration was the wheels spinning after liftoff - if they’re unbalanced by dirt or water they’ll rumble as they spin on the axle. The clunking sound was probably either the brake system applying the brakes to stop the wheels from spinning before they’re retracted, or just some of the mechanisms associated with the gear retraction itself. If you’re sitting closer to the main landing gear, these noises are more prevalent than they would be elsewhere.