Originally Posted by
Fostex
"A-P-T for the climb"
- You establish attitude for the climb before applying the power necessary to maintain that attitude and airspeed in the climb!!??
- Hope you don't use that technique on a go-around!
Ummmm.....When you apply power the aircraft accelerates along the flight path it is established on, so if it is close to the ground and
pointed at the ground why would you want to accelerate towards the ground, If you point it at the sky first and then add power it will accelerate away from the ground. It is not like there is going to be a big delay in adding power as the power should be coming in as the nose is rotated to the climbing attitude.
In any case A-P-T is applied when you are teaching the initial climbing lesson where the aircraft will be going from cruise flight to a normal climb at a lower airspeed. So again why apply full power have the aircraft start to accelerate and then have the aircraft rotate to the climb attitude and then start slowing down ? It makes a lot more sense to establish the attitude first and then smoothly apply full power. It also is easier for the student to keep the aircraft balanced ( ie prevent yaw) if the aircraft is already in the climbing attitude.
The point of A-P-T is to give the student guidance for the initial climbing exercise. They should pretty quickly be able to do the actions necessary automatically.
The bottom line is simple. The key to doing the exercise properly is for the student to be able to recognize and hold the correct attitude