Originally Posted by AirBusted320
Considering the minimum financial gains from using a flex value a degree or two greater... clearly running more than one calculation to maximize flex is really a waste of time.
I am a bit confused here : Is the computer handling things that differently from FCOM ???
The main two FCOM procedures are :
- Use the conf giving the max flex.
- If equivalent flex is obtained, choose the conf giving the lowest speeds.
My assumption is the computer is doing just that ... am I correct ?
So this is not possible to maximize flex more than the computer already did, but as EMIT mentioned, it is sometimes possible for the same flex or one only marginally
lower, to reduce the conf and therefore significantly improve the climb performance.