What is Your Angle and Rate? - Climbs in an Aircraft
About this FAASafety Wings Course
Pilots are familiar with Vx and Vy, and can usually recite them from memory for their aircraft. However, there many factors that impact the climb angle, rate and also speed. Join us for a review of these factors, and the impact, from a practical perspective. Learn about how modifications and their impact on your aircraft climb performance. Specialty types of operations such as external loads, towing and more will be used as examples. Also a few examples of where you may not be getting the "whole" truth from the manufacturer. A terrific review for those also completing Phase 1 testing in their experimental aircraft.
From the November 2021 New England FAASTeam Webinar.
Also - Get an Excel spreadsheet where you can do your own little "Flight Test" to understand how your aircraft climbs!
1/2 (half) WINGS credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 2 and 1/2 WINGS credit for Master Knowledge Topic 2.
Stephen K. Brown is the Boston FSDO Aviation Safety Program Manager (A.K.A FAASTeam Manager). A career long advocate for General Aviation, Stephen K. is an Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor in airplanes and gliders. He has over 8,000 hours as an instructor and has trained more than 80 Flight Instructors. He has been a National Resource Inspector for the FAA in the Eclipse 500/550 very light jet, Tailwheel and Gliders. He regularly flies a wide variety of aircraft, from powered parachutes, gliders, ski-planes and small corporate jets.
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Boston FSDO - Burlington, MA
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Member Since October, 2021