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- Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance Charts › Sample Problem 7
equipped with a fuel carrying capacity of 38 gallons. Under this column, read that the endurance in hours is 5.5 hours and the range in miles is 635 miles. Cruise power setting tables are useful when planning cross-country flights ... gallons per hour and airspeed of 161 knots. Figure 11-27. Cruise and range performance. Another type of cruise chart is a best power mixture range graph. This graph gives the best range based on power setting…
- Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Climb Performance Factors › Range Performance
level power curve is also tangent to the altitude power curve. The effect of altitude on specific range can also be appreciated from the previous relationships. If a change in altitude causes identical changes in speed and power required ... proportion of speed to power required would be unchanged. The fact implies that the specific range of a propeller-driven aircraft would be unaffected by altitude. Actually, this is true to the extent that specific fuel consumption and propeller efficiency…
- Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Climbs and Climbing Turns
Normal climb speed is generally higher than the airplane’s best rate of climb. The additional airspeed provides for better engine cooling, greater control authority, and better visibility over the nose of the airplane. Normal climb is sometimes referred ... cruise climb. ⦁ Best rate of climb (VY)—produces the most altitude gained over a given amount of time. This airspeed is typically used when initially departing a runway without obstructions until it is safe to transition to a normal…