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Nose goes up

PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:12 pm
by Boris_G
hi

I have dat problem, when i climb in 777 or Airbus 300 and some other aircraft at climb nose goes up which coase stall.
Lets say i climb to FL350 and at bout FL200 my aircraft nose goes up far above my vertical speed that i selected do u know how to fix dat problem  or did someone has dat problem

Re: Nose goes up

PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 12:19 am
by tim l lam 10386
As your altitude increases, your fpm should decrease, as there's a less of a "bite" to the air..  Say in the 737, you takeoff initially at 3500fpm.  On the climb you go back down to 3000fpm.  At around 12000, you bring it down to something lower, like 2500fpm.  You keep doing this at certain increments, or as checklists provide, until you hit your cruising altitude.

The reason why your angle of attack increases is because the autopilot is trying to keep the fpm you set in the vertical speed set.  The air density up there is lower than it is down here, so as stated, there's less of a "bite".  You need to compensate this by decreasing your fpm during your climb.

Hope this helps..