Dudley's Bo flying tip of the day !

[DHenriques_]

Here's a flying tip from the real world we used in all our non- supercharged high performance aircraft and something I taught all the pilots I transitioned into complex airplanes. You probably won't find many sim pilots doing this.........but then again.......our A2A pilots ARE a cut above the standard for sure and as such nobody should be surprised to discover they fly at a commercial pilot skill set level.

After you rotate and start cleaning up for your climb, if your climb power settings are say 25 inches and 25 hundred RPM, when you come back on the power, set up for 26 inches instead of 25 and back off the prop to 25 hundred.
As you pass through your first 1000 feet, the power should then self correct at 25 inches.
Saves you a double power adjustment on your initial climb. After that, you should have cleaned everything else up required for the climb leaving you only power monitoring as you continue your climb to cruise altitude.

Just an old trick from the "old days" for all of you.
Climb high, fly fast, have fun up there!
Dudley Henriques

[ClipperLuna]

Thanks, Dudley! So, if I was in the Comanche instead and wanting to climb at 24", 2400 RPM, I'd initially put the power at 25" and 2400 RPM?

[DHenriques_]

Thanks, Dudley! So, if I was in the Comanche instead and wanting to climb at 24", 2400 RPM, I'd initially put the power at 25" and 2400 RPM?

Exactly. Works with any unsupercharged engine.
DH

[rhenson529]

Thank you Dudley for the tip. I will definitely try this tonight and see if I notice any improvements. Any other flying complex tips, feel free to share. I’m always struggling maintaining altitude. I never know if I should be adjusting power, prop, pitch, or all three. I haven’t flown a complex in real life so I wasn’t 100% certain.

Thanks,
Ron


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[n421nj]

Wow what a great tip and so simple I’m pissed I didn’t think of it

[DHenriques_]

Thank you Dudley for the tip. I will definitely try this tonight and see if I notice any improvements. Any other flying complex tips, feel free to share. I’m always struggling maintaining altitude. I never know if I should be adjusting power, prop, pitch, or all three. I haven’t flown a complex in real life so I wasn’t 100% certain.

Thanks,
Ron


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Believe it or not Ron, straight and level flight is one of the hardest things to master when learning to fly.
A good exercise is to practice the following.
1. Level off using primary controls ONLY at 2000 feet.
2. Reduce power
3. Reduce RPM (If applicable)
4. Trim the airplane while holding level flight with the primary controls.
5. Now using primary controls only, attempt to hide the zero on the altimeter behind the hundred foot (large) needle on the altimeter and keep it hidden behind that needle. You will have a hard time doing this in turbulent air BUT by trying your level flight technique will greatly improve.

Dudley Henriques

[rhenson529]

Thanks Dudley, I’ll practice at lower altitudes.


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