Flight Test your sim
Finding the best climb speedVclimb
- TEST START
- Make sure the HUD is displaying INDICATED AIR SPEED
- Set full throttle and adjust the pitch up with the joystick to maintain that speed.
- Fly at a specific compass heading (e.g.) 180 degrees at 1,000 feet
- Slow to 50 ktas BELOW the test speed
- Set Stopwatch
- Advance throttle to 100 % RPM
- Maintain 1,000 feet
- As airspeed reaches test speed :
- start stopwatch and
- execute a 2 G pullup until the speed stabilises at test speed
- adjust pitch continuously to maintain the test speed + or - 5 kias
- As altitude reaches 21,000 ft
- stop stopwatch
- record time on Test Card
- TEST FINISH
- >Turn to reciprocal heading, execute standard descent to 1,000 feet
- >Repeat test procedures at next airspeed increment