Higher the altitude, higher thrust.

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Actually it should the higher the altitude the lower the thrust. The higher you go the less thrust you actually need to push the plane forward which is kind of why you go faster at that altitude. Part of this is because your cruising at 41,000ft with .87 mach which is overspeeding because the typical cruise speed for an a330 is .82 and the max is .86 mach

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The A330 flies at max altitude of 41.000 feet and the max speed is 0.86, but in real life we never went faster as 0.82 as the fuel burn would get very high when you fly faster then that.

The high trust is as you are overspeeding.

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Same, I was hoping someone to say that, in my acknowledged the higher you go the lower thrust you need.
Thanks.

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Thanks, appreciate that.

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I got it, thanks.

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Wait you can set the autopilot speed as a mach num?

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Mach .87 is not realistic. Try .78 - 80 and it will probably go better.

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I think that it is onrealistic in IF because on that Pic off flightradar you see a A330 flying 41000ft and he had more ground speed As you but I am almost 100% he don’t use 100% trottle

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But on long haul they first fly not so high I think.
They are heavy and los a bit of their weight because they burn fuel. And this helps to fly higher and burn less fuel.
Isn’t it called “Step climb”?

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It changes at FL280

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MaxSez: Odviously the majority of responders here have no book knowledge on basic aerodynamics. I suggest all do a little ground school before they show their Aeronautical ignorence repeatedly herein. The “Pilots Handbook of Aeroknotical Knowledge” is available for free at the Web site faa.gov, it’s the Pilots bible, get a copy and educate yourselfs please.

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I couldn’t agree more

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Found it! Thanks!

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There’s even an audiobook! That could help me out a lot.

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thanks @Maxmustang

I’ve found this inside it:

“The density of air has significant effects on the
aircraft’s performance because as air becomes less dense,
it reduces:
• Power because the engine takes in less air.
• Thrust because a propeller is less efficient in thin
air.
• Lift because the thin air exerts less force on the
airfoils.”

note: the higher the altitude the less dense the air gets.

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@Jan_Polet… Jan there are a whole series of Handbook free from faa.giv. Weather, Instrument (IMC) ect. All the handbooks have commercial audio discs. A good source is Amazon.com & IBooks.com. Regards, Max

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I found a lot of them already! This is so cool! I’m going to dive right in!
Thanks!

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