Dash 8 400,how fast?

[Kak Klaxon]

Following a 400 last week ATC asked his speed,285 kts says he so we are told to reduce to 260 kts.

2 mins later ATC give us a 90 Deg turn and tell us to reduce to 220 Kts as we were getting too close.

On the staff bus later overheard a conversation that the managment of the Dash 8 company had told them that they had to fly no faster than 250 kts to save fuel.

Not having a go at anyone just interested in what went wrong

[Snigs]

The Dash 8 Q400 is limited to 245 kts IAS below FL080 (at least for the company I work for) due to bird strike hazard. Can go up to 285 kts between FL100 and FL180 (ish), then it starts to run out of puff!

[Kak Klaxon]

Thanks for your reply,sounds like one cool ship,guess I got the wrong end of the stick as we were down at fl140 when I got the big turn.

Big headed jet pilot. :uhoh:

[Maude Charlee]

Max cruise speed 356 kts at FL200, but Vmo as stated above. For a turboprop, its a bit of an animal.

"Whassa matter? TOO SPICY FOR YA? Come back and fiinish us off ya wimp!" ;)

[Mister Geezer]

MC

I will give you a wave as I pass above you!;)

[Maude Charlee]

Only if you're going the other way in your dinky little hair dryer mate. ;)

Catch you around very soon. :D

[Flying Dispatcher]

the Q400 can do 285kts in the descent, but has to slow down below FL80 due to the windscreen limiting speed which affects Vmo.

I do believe that the carrier that you are talking about have been told to maintain 250kts as some maths guru has decided that it will save XXX £'s over the next 12 months.

The one thing that the Q400 doesn't do is 'run out of puff!'. It's a quick machine for a turoprop, and I used to love flying it....:O

[Kak Klaxon]

365,285,250KTS ? Seems to fly at a lot of different cruise speeds.ATC can do the maths on that one, thanks for your replys next time I will post in the correct forum.