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Old 2nd Jan 2004, 19:49
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Alex Whittingham
 
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Why is T a maximum for the max rate of climb? A maximum value of T as you have defined it gives max angle of climb, not rate.

I'll try and post the graphs. The speed ranges look comparable.

from AP3456:



from Eshelby:



I've put the whole page up so you can see his generic formula for rate of climb.

Oh b*gger! and I can't edit or delete it. I'll try again:

AP3456



Eshelby



I can't get the images to post on here. I've put them on our forum here
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