What's it like to fly the CRJ?
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Also keep in mind, we also do reduced thrust takeoffs to reduce engine wear and tear. Yet another reason why that initial climb after takeoff can seem agonizing. Coming out of SFO on a warm day, heavy, and with a little humidity it's not uncommon for us to use a frighting amount of 1L or 1R.
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My personal technique is at 10,000ft engage vertical speed, roll the wheel to +1,000fpm and just hold that... it'll take you up to nearly the barber pole initially, but then as you get into the high teens and low 20s the speed has decreased to our 290KIAS profile speed. By going about it this way it seems like I'm able to maintain the energy much better. If you keep 290KIAS all the way up, it seems like by the early 20s you are already at 500fpm, and to hold that rate beyond about 23k or so you are going to sacrifice speed to maintain that minimum climb rate. The other technique allows you to hold 1,000fpm at 290KIAS and above for much longer.
Also I don't have to constantly fiddle with the VS wheel the entire time.
Speed mode doesn't work too well once you pass above the high teens, especially in turb.
Also I don't have to constantly fiddle with the VS wheel the entire time.
Speed mode doesn't work too well once you pass above the high teens, especially in turb.
#17
My personal technique is at 10,000ft engage vertical speed, roll the wheel to +1,000fpm and just hold that... it'll take you up to nearly the barber pole initially, but then as you get into the high teens and low 20s the speed has decreased to our 290KIAS profile speed. By going about it this way it seems like I'm able to maintain the energy much better. If you keep 290KIAS all the way up, it seems like by the early 20s you are already at 500fpm, and to hold that rate beyond about 23k or so you are going to sacrifice speed to maintain that minimum climb rate. The other technique allows you to hold 1,000fpm at 290KIAS and above for much longer.
Also I don't have to constantly fiddle with the VS wheel the entire time.
Speed mode doesn't work too well once you pass above the high teens, especially in turb.
Also I don't have to constantly fiddle with the VS wheel the entire time.
Speed mode doesn't work too well once you pass above the high teens, especially in turb.
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#18
And compared to an F-16. I recall 50,000 fpm.
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