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Old 16th May 2022, 10:27
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Originally Posted by RandomPerson8008
That's abnormally slow to climb that jet. Normally you're almost always 300+ knots indicated until crossover even at light weights at most cost indices. 10 tonnes below MTOW? You should be climbing much faster, at least 320 kias even at low cost index. In other words, I don't know, because I'm pretty sure I've never flown at those altitudes at those speeds on climbout.
I had that speed wrong as that is indeed slower then normal.
Lets rephrase that to normal climb speed.
Same question applies, can the paper be found anywhere and what exactly causes it.
Thanks BBK.
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