11/17/19

Flight 12, first climb performance test

Moved the RV to its new home today, lousy weather all day so just made the short flight while there was a short time window with a 1000 foot ceiling.

Tried out the "climb performance using level acceleration" as described by Nigel Speedy in a Kitplanes article, probably in the September 2018 issue. I cheated a little, did not climb to alt at low speed with full power, instead I slowed to 60kt and then faster than usual dialed in full power. As the results basically confirmed the numbers from Vans I call this solution acceptable but I will validate on later flight using the more correct method.


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