RiddlePilot
New Member
Well hey, I guess it's "gang up on ERAU_Intern" day.
I'm the friend that's going up with him on the flight to Aspen, so I'd like to say a few words about the aircraft itself. On a relatively cold day (like it is right now at Aspen), the plane will leave the runway with a 6000 DA at roughly 1500 fpm. Once it's cleaned up and in a cruise climb of 110 KIAS, it'll get on up at around 1300 to around 11000 before slowly dropping off. So, the climb gradient out of ASE is not going to be a problem...we've already figured that we'll be well above the 460'/nm requirement.
Single engine performance, while not exactly spectacular, is still enough to keep us alive. To be safe, we're not going to depart any less than the VOR approach minimums (plus a thousand foot buffer) in case of this sort of emergency. Even then, we'll have a good deal of altitude to play with before hitting the clouds, and with an SE climb of around 500-600 fpm at that altitude, ERAU_Intern and I are confident that we'll be able to get her turned around and back on the ground safely.
But seriously, the both of us do very much appreciate the insight from you guys with a lot of experience. Thanks.
I'm the friend that's going up with him on the flight to Aspen, so I'd like to say a few words about the aircraft itself. On a relatively cold day (like it is right now at Aspen), the plane will leave the runway with a 6000 DA at roughly 1500 fpm. Once it's cleaned up and in a cruise climb of 110 KIAS, it'll get on up at around 1300 to around 11000 before slowly dropping off. So, the climb gradient out of ASE is not going to be a problem...we've already figured that we'll be well above the 460'/nm requirement.
Single engine performance, while not exactly spectacular, is still enough to keep us alive. To be safe, we're not going to depart any less than the VOR approach minimums (plus a thousand foot buffer) in case of this sort of emergency. Even then, we'll have a good deal of altitude to play with before hitting the clouds, and with an SE climb of around 500-600 fpm at that altitude, ERAU_Intern and I are confident that we'll be able to get her turned around and back on the ground safely.
But seriously, the both of us do very much appreciate the insight from you guys with a lot of experience. Thanks.