My C-85 Coupe will climb readily with carb heat on even on a hot summer day with field elevation of 835' with full tanks and no pax to a couple of thousand feet for sure. Maybe @ 200 feet/min?
BTW.... YOU are much BOLDER than I. Landing in treetops may not IMMEDIATELY kill, but a 60+ foot drop straight down to a sudden stop likely will not be pleasurably survived if one cannot stay afloat in those fluffy looking treetops. Most aircraft don't float in trees very well... even when planned to. If you should be that fortunate, better have a rope to get down. Folks do get killed in their haste to depart a rickety plane in the trees, I hear. A cardinal rule of survival is to never fly above the ground without sufficient airspeed or an airship of some sort. BOb U. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > I've already sent in my response, but after reading some others, I gotta > say, you might have started something here George :-) Some said pull Carb > heat, ok, I'll buy that, but You're not going to gain enough combustion air > to sustain a climb, but maybe, just maybe you'd buy some valuable time to > either find a better place to light ( I've flown around trees before, and > once made it back to the runway) or make it to those treetops I spoke of. > Doug
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