Fastest Climb

[SeanD]

I was having an A.net debate with my former instructor on which airliner has the fastest climb. I know there are a ton of components to factor in such as weight and weather. However I was curious. Which one climbs the fastest completely loaded? He had heard the MD90 was pretty quick.

 

[N99999]

There's a similar thread active on another forum: http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=147&t=1065257

 

[Roger, Roger]

Not an airliner, but I talked to a guy that flew the F-104 in the RCAF. The highest he'd ever been was... I think 51,000 feet. Said it took something like 2.5 minutes to get there.

 

[seagull]

Depends on how many engines it has and how many are running. Twins will climb faster on all engines than tri's and quads as they need to meet min performance requirements with half their power out, as opposed to just a third or quarter power out.

 

[fholbert]

As a PAX on many models I'd vote for the 757.

 

[FLflyer]

The Cessna 150 climbs like a banshee.

 

[USMC-SSGT]

717-200 has the highest thrust to weight ratio

Q400- just under 30K feet in 7 mins and 2 seconds.

 

[boondr]

I've seen F/A-18F's do unrestricted departures to FL 320 in less than 30 secs.

 

[A150K]

The Cessna 150 climbs like a banshee.

...The 150/150 HP that my ownership group has climbs well...Even with density altitude in the 8000's at the surface.

As far as arliners my vote goes to the 75

 

[Old Pete]

I've heard the DO 328 jet has a pretty good climb rate.

 

[jdlilfan]

Does an old school learjet count?

 

[Jimmy_Norton]

Saab 340

 

[Inverted25]

235hp Pawnee stripped off all its spraying gear and hoppers climbs like a bat out of hell with no glider in tow.

 

[SFCC/UND]

I hope ur not talking about Delta md90 they r pieces of junk.

 

[drunkenbeagle]

235hp Pawnee stripped off all its spraying gear and hoppers climbs like a bat out of hell with no glider in tow.

The 260 does a bit better, but yeah... Sometimes I forget that there is no glider behind me on the first flight of the morning. Very easy to blow right through pattern altitude.

 

[SeanD]

I hope ur not talking about Delta md90 they r pieces of junk.

Says the former DL MD90 pilot?

 

[SFCC/UND]

Says the agent who has too work with them everyday. Plz send more 757's

 

[ASpilot2be]

DC-6

 

[fish314]

I once saw a nearly empty KC-135 accelerating at more than 25 degrees nose high pitch. It took off in under 1500' runway distance, and hit 10000' in less than a minute (from rotation, not from brake release). Not F/A 18 numbers, but still...

 

[DV8Pilot]

The 260 does a bit better, but yeah... Sometimes I forget that there is no glider behind me on the first flight of the morning. Very easy to blow right through pattern altitude.

:yup: Especially when I fly my tow-pilot pattern at < 400'