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altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:56 pm
by southwestairlines2487
how come i can not go above 15,000 feet without stalling out,o im in a 737-700 aircraft.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:09 pm
by Daube
There might be several reasons, but the best one might be structural icing. Did you turn your anti-ice systems ON ?

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:43 pm
by DaveSims
How fast are you traveling?

Check your the settings for the airspeed reading, located in the realism settings.  Is it using True Air Speed, or Indicated Air Speed?  It should be using Indicated Air Speed.

How heavy is the aircraft loaded, if the aircraft is too heavy, it will not climb either.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:29 pm
by southwestairlines2487
There might be several reasons, but the best one might be structural icing. Did you turn your anti-ice systems ON ?


Yes Sir.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:31 pm
by southwestairlines2487
[quote]How fast are you traveling?

Check your the settings for the airspeed reading, located in the realism settings.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:02 pm
by BlackAce
Firstly, who MADE your plane?

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:30 pm
by JoBee
Excessive rate of climb?

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:43 pm
by Rocket_Bird
[quote][quote]How fast are you traveling?

Check your the settings for the airspeed reading, located in the realism settings.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:58 pm
by Dave71K
Here's a simple test.

Set your fuel to 30% and set payload to 0 then see how high you can get.  If you get above 15,000ft then your problem is over loading the aircraft. If you still can't get over 15,000ft with the aircraft load set to what I said then there's another problem going on somewhere.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:16 am
by southwestairlines2487
Firstly, who MADE your plane?





FSX/FS2004 Boeing 737-700 Southwest Airlines New Colors (Category: FSX > Civil Jets)

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:18 am
by southwestairlines2487
Excessive rate of climb?


no sir

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:20 am
by southwestairlines2487
[quote]Here's a simple test.

Set your fuel to 30% and set payload to 0 then see how high you can get.

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:29 am
by dave3cu
From your description I installed this one http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=1phswa737.zip&categoryId=&filename=Y

TOW at 153000: had no problem climbing thru 15000' (AP at 250 kias, 3000 fpm vs). Had to step down vs above 23000', climbing to 30000', to maintain proper AoA. Eventually climbed to 45,200ft/13,700m with weight down to 141,000.

So I don't see any problems with the performance.....

I apologize if this sounds like a stupid question, but have to ask (as I've done it

Re: altitude question

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:47 am
by southwestairlines2487
[quote]From your description I installed this one http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=1phswa737.zip&categoryId=&filename=Y

TOW at 153000: had no problem climbing thru 15000' (AP at 250 kias, 3000 fpm vs). Had to step down vs above 23000', climbing to 30000', to maintain proper AoA. Eventually climbed to 45,200ft/13,700m with weight down to 141,000.

So I don't see any problems with the performance.....

I apologize if this sounds like a stupid question, but have to ask (as I've done it