back to our original question
I don't teach anything different for a towered or non-towered field. As with some others here, it's more about the situation. To me, full power at full stop is for those situations in which I'm concerned about maximizing and confirming power: short available runway, obstacles to outclimb, high density altitude.
Even then, unless going to full power during the run-up will disturb others or the airplane is powerful enough that it may creep forward at full power even with the brakes tight, or it's a short field where the loss of momentum from stopping is counterbalanced by getting to the very end of the runway, I'll generally do it in the run-up area rather than on the runway.
So I teach both, as tools in the pilot's kit.[/QUOTE]
Agreed! It depends, and both are tools to use for their respective situations.
Besides in the military, only time I really [i]had[/i] to (preferred to) do a static takeoff was when I was flying 135 cargo in my Chieftain. And that was because when you brought the power up, more often than not the turbos for each engine wouldn't kick in simultaneously, resulting in a yawing moment on takeoff. I could do a rolling if need be, it just had the potential to become a tad sporty.
But what Mark posted pretty much answers the OP's question fully.
