As long as there is a discussion about climbing to cruise, here's one for you high-altitude cruisers. It's a discussion that I've seen several times over the years but I figure people like Langford, Jeff Scott, Mike Stirewalt, and others with a lot of hours and miles in cruise might comment on. The basic premise is that when climbing to cruise, some pilots have reported that they get into level cruise quicker and easier if they slightly overshoot cruise altitude, drop the nose so speed builds up and altitude drops back to target altitude, and then reduce power, adjust trim, and let it settle in. Like getting a powerboat up on the step using full power, then walking the throttles back to a nice smooth cruise once it's on plane.
This is opposed to the technique of gradually reducing climb trim (or back pressure on the stick) as the target altitude is approached, never actually overshooting target altitude but rather, creeping up on it and then letting speed build up while holding altitude. Has anyone experimented with these climb-to-cruise transitions? My comments on the subject aren't worth much, since most of my time in the last 20 years has been in airplanes that climb at 55 and cruise at 65-70 ;o) Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
