When do you usually use the time/fuel/distance charts then? If you were climbing to a very high altitude?
I thought the reasoning for the power/rpm reduction was because of it running at red line (even though the Seminole doesn't have any restrictions based on RPM for a certain amount time...) It seems like the RPMs are really racing compared to a climb in a fixed pitch. I was told once you're at a safe altitude (500' usually) to put it at 25/2500.
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Originally Posted by tgrayson  No, way overkill. The error is pretty small if you just a assume a constant GS from origin to destination.
<<(Also, the climb in the book is at 2700 RPM/full throttle, so my CFI told me to estimate with 25-50% of that for a 2500 RPM/25")>>
Personally, I'd climb FT/2700. |