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To add to your comment, the FO watches the speed tape and VSI and calls out events to the captain (V1, V2, rotate, positive rate-gear up).

I looked around on Youtube for some good examples, and this was the best I could find:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjoF8-Oaew

The captain keeps a hand on the throttles until V1, and then it is several seconds after takeoff that FO retracts the gear.




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