Can't Climb quick enough

[757junkie]

I Need some help, I really enjoy flying the IFDG 757-200, it's really easy to fly and great fun. However, when filing a flight plan at high altitudes, say above FL310 I find ATC doesn't give you enough time to ascend to the designated altitude and cancels the IFR flight plan. Usually I keep the standard setting of 1800 Feet per minute, I find if I increase this to 2500-3000 etc, the plane stalls!!! Even at max thrust.!!

Icing equipment is on when necessary and the sim is set to max realism. Any ideas folks?

[Sky_Shark]

About the flight plan, are you talking about the automatic flight plan generated when you create a flight and select "High altitude airways" etc..?
I always found the cruising altitude to be a mere sugestion.
They dont fit many times with the plane carachteristics or with the distance to be made. I remember flying the Concord wich requires usually alitudes above 50 000 ft, the flight plans, even the trans-atlantics sugested a 25-35 thousand feet.

Perhaps I miss understood your question, but idealy you should stick with the plane characteristics, the weather condicions and the normal airways altitudes.

[757junkie]

Indeed, I am referring to the automatic High Altitude Airways plan generated, I often increase the altitude myself though, as I don't really fancy cruising over the rockies at FL180  8)

[packercolinl]

I'm really not sure about your flight planning but what you have to remember is that thing is only going to go up at a certain rate.
Go back and have a look at your flight plan and aircraft setup.