BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Oh, wah!
Some of the clean manuevering speeds in the MD-90 can top 260 knots when near MGTOW.
So does that mean you are climbing out with flaps out below 10K before accelerating?
Oh, wah!
Some of the clean manuevering speeds in the MD-90 can top 260 knots when near MGTOW.
So does that mean you are climbing out with flaps out below 10K before accelerating?
The problem that I have is that a lot of aircraft climb at 250 until their up in the flight levels. Pain in da rump.
We have a climb profile (that actually isn't approved) that involved 250 until 10K then accelerate at 1000fpm until the airspeed bleeds back to 290 and then 290 until 500fpm and 500fpm for the duration. It actually gets you above F260 doing 290 or better. It's all about inertia management
Actually, we climb at 290 above 10K. HA! Granted once we hit 20K or so, it's more like "VS mode, 500 FPM."
I still wouldnt trade it for props though!
Man, took me weeks to NOT try to flare the thing too high. I was afraid I was gonna lawn dart the thing for the longest time.
Man, took me weeks to NOT try to flare the thing too high. I was afraid I was gonna lawn dart the thing for the longest time.
You can clean manuever at 200 kts, but if I've got flaps 8, I'll use 'em.
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I dunno why that is so funny to me? Must be the visual.![]()
Yea last week on OE the captain asked me if I felt different in a jet.. I turned to him and said... "yea, we have Air conditioning- but whats this vs .5 thing I am having to do?" he said its called a -200. He had fun mentioning- "wait till you need antiice in the climb and its above ISA, in that case anti ice defines anti climb..." I still wouldnt trade it for props though!
I'm guessing you'd be doing a lot less than 500 FPM in a piston at FL200.
BTW, who's doing your OE?