Originally Posted by
robthree
CRJ.
The ERJ seems to climb much better, but cruise much slower (ERJ Mmo .78 vs CRJ Mmo .85) on the other hand I was climbing at 290 kts in the CRJ, vs 240 to .56 in the ERJ. Also the CRJ-200 has a MTOW of 53000, while the ERJ-145(LR) has a MTOW of only 48,501.
Thats if you use FLC in the ERJ. 8-10 (weight dependent) degrees up below from 1500'-10000' and 3-5 (again weight dependent) degrees up from 10000'-FL300 and then 1000fpm to altitude. Above 10000', 270-290kts in the climb is standard.