Sheer bl00dy minded determination
- 40+OAT at 2000, felt a lot more inside. If I hadn't had 3 pax plus a whole weekend and accomodation booked at the other end I'd have stayed inside with the house with the aircon on.. Damn silly weather to go flying. I'd have sold body parts for oxygen and the horses to get above it all...
IAS was around 95kts, TAS nearer 110 (according to the twiddlable sub-scale, not particularly accurate). Acceleration from climb was painful to say the least - just slightly less painful than the climb.
As far as I know standard prop - graph was from the aircraft's own POH, but it was a rental. Weight - MTOW less whatever we burned in the climb - probably around 30ltrs. Running on regular 100LL avgas..