Ron Jensen wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 17:18 +0000, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > > As I think you've noted before, the climb rate is too high - I > > consistently see 1000ft/min up to 8000ft ASL, instead of approx > > 800ft/min at sea level, and 400ft/m at 8000ft ASL. > > Also, our Cessna loads in with 264 pounds of fuel, a single pilot at 180 > lbs, no other passengers and no baggage. I checked the gross weight > under the Fuel and Payload dialog at is says 1944 lbs. The data Erik > provided says max gross weight is 23000 lbs. This loading difference > probably accounts for some of the disparity in climb performance. > > Ron
I'd spotted that, and I think I added a copilot and extra fuel to get a 2300lb gross weight +/- 50 lbs. Nevertheless, the gross weight isn't the only story here - perhaps my C of G was too far forward for cruise flight. -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel