Corporate jet captain reported receiving a warning during takeoff roll that rudder trim was out of limit. Captain set trim while rolling and continued takeoff.
Synopsis
Corporate jet captain reported receiving a warning during takeoff roll that rudder trim was out of limit. Captain set trim while rolling and continued takeoff.
Narrative
Events; decisions & lessons learned.ZZZ-ZZZ1Plain & simple; a reason to abort was called and ultimately the abort did not occur. While the reasons that follow in this narrative may explain the thinking behind the actions; it does not excuse the disregard for taught protocol. About 30 minutes prior to departure; during the before start checklist; the rudder trim verification as part of the call [out]; was verified incorrectly. A report about pairing two new to type pilots & why this was overlooked was filed (at the beginning of the tour; I had about 85 hours PIC and the SIC had about 35 hours in type as a new hire). I attribute this to low time in the aircraft and not noticing the difference between a centered indicator that is white vs. green. Lesson learned.The remainder of the narrative could go into more detail about waiting for the linemen to pull chalks; waiting for another aircraft to copy a clearance; verify the clearance; discuss what's for lunch; another aircraft calling for taxi after we had been blocked asking for taxi at least twice. Frustration after frustration building as we await moving for our last flight of the day & possibly week.Finally; after sitting at the end of the runway for nearly 20 minutes; a clearance to depart was given that included expedite; traffic on short final." We rolled into position; verified the runway & advanced the power. I believe the red warning flashed prior to the 80kt call. My FO called abort and indicated a configuration error to be the reason. I momentarily reduced the power; reached for the rudder trim (remembering another FO saying that rudder trim out of limit would give this config warning) and made the adjustment to place rudder within limits. All the while I had no concern about length of runway if needing to stop (if my adjustment did not correct the config error); but also in the back of my mind knowing the error from 30 min ago would necessitate another aircraft going around. My frustration with the ATC delays up to this point gave me pause as well. I was anxious and did not want to make my day longer due to my error as well.While justifying my reasons for not aborting in the moment and making corrections to fix my error were not necessarily the correct choice; I do not believe my actions endangered myself; my copilot nor the aircraft. It did however set a poor example as a leader and could have put my SIC in a situation that made him uncomfortable.I believe my suggestions are included in the description."
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.