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Old 29th June 2013 | 05:52
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Anthill
 
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For initial climb speed it depends on what you are trying to achieve.

If there is a terrain/obstacle the best angle is the speed that you want until you are above it and at a safe height. As an example one might wish to climb at Vx until above MSA/LSALT-good airmanship! Best angle is also best to use until you are pointing the aircraft in the direction of outbound track. Vx will get you over a line of weather, whereas Vy might climb you through the cloud tops.

The best RoC , Vy, will get you above conflicting traffic quicker (not all the time, Vx may be more appropriate in some instances) and into tail-winds quicker. If you are climbing into a head wind, you might want to consider a cruise climb speed that is greater than Vy as best rate will just climb you into an increasing head-wind.

What Fokker12 said

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