Cruising

#1

I can never get to my cruising altitude without stalling or crashing and I don’t know why. Can someone please help? Plane:A380 KLAX-OMBD over 400k lbs in fuel.

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#2

What was your weight, climb speed and your speed?

#3

If you are in a heavier aircraft I would recommend step climbing to your final altitude.

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#4

If you’re heavy. Like 400,000 KG heavy. Don’t go above FL350. You will have a lot of issues. And make sure you’re going fast enough

#5

Welcome to IFC!

It would be helpful if you could let us know your aircraft and take off weights and climb speed (your v/s) along with your flight-plan

It’s likely to do with an attempt to climb at too high a climb rate and/or climbing too a Flight Level too high for your aircraft weight at the time.

I’d recommend having a read about step climbing, there is a useful guide to this below…

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#6

Maybe you go too high and you are too heavy.

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#7

Can you give me a list of the altitudes to climb to in the climb step process?

#8

Here is a chart for VFR:
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Source: Learn to Fly

Here is a chart for IFR:
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Source: Learn to Fly

Do preform step climbs on long haul flights I use IFAssistant which can be found here:

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#9

I usually follow the altitudes and speeds from FlightAware for the equipment and route you’re flying. It shows you a nice graph and VS for the step ascents too.

#10

Thanks! Really helped!

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#11

I think you are going to high and your airplane is too heavy. Remember, airplanes can stall at high altitudes.

#12

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#13

Could potentially be from rotating too soon as-well you need to hit your v1 speed

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