I will be doing a proper test wham the time comes. I'm asking a purely generic question. I've been looking at the places where i have family members I hardly ever get see that I may want to go visit. The plane will be the mode. Some of these elusive family members live in Idaho. Just looking at the charts for possible routes. Seems high flying will be necessary. ... hence the interest in service ceiling. On Mar 22, 2014 8:54 PM, "Mark Langford" <ml at n56ml.com> wrote:
> Phil, > > I think the question "define a typical KR2" must be asked, and then > somebody goes and tests it on a "standard" day. > > Wikipedia has this to say about the definition of "service ceiling": > The service ceiling is the maximum usable altitude of an aircraft. > Specifically, it is the density altitude at which flying in a clean > configuration, at the best rate of climb airspeed for that altitude and > with all engines operating and producing maximum continuous power, will > produce a given rate of climb (a typical value might be 100 feet per minute > climb or 30 metres per minute, or on the order of 500 feet per minute climb > for jet aircraft). Margin to stall at service ceiling is 1.5g. > > Lots of room for interpretation there. I'm sure somebody can cite an > official definition, so all that remains is that the typical KR2 in > question be defined, and a test flight be done under the proper conditions > ascertain the number. > > Going back to work on N891JF... > > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
