Hey guys, when taking off I see you need to pitch for 15 degrees how do I see on the hud when is 15 degrees is there an amount of lines I need to pass on the hud display to hit a certain degree pitch? Thanks!
Each line equals 5° of pitch.
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Ok thanks.
Hi, note that if you are at 15 degrees while still on the ground, it would most likely cause a tail strike on the runway.
But yeah, after clear of the runway 15 degrees is the third mark.
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hello, I have a similar question but I normally climb on autopilot, what should the ideal vert speed be, I normally do around 3800-5000
Hiya! Climb rate depends by aircraft usually due to performance, you can view some general guidelines for most aircraft on this page below.
You should also try looking at some QRGs (Quick Reference Guides) per aircraft here.
Hope this helps!
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Yes, pitch up slowly 3*/sec with positive rate until 20 feet RA (clear of runway tail strike).
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Yeah that’s really helpful, found the answers to most of my questions, thanks mate!
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Hey, I think 3800 to 5000 feet vertical climb rate would be a little unrealistic for a narrow/body or wide body aircraft personally I like to climb in the 2000-3000 range but you should still get more confirmation from other people in the community!
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Usually I aim for around 12 degrees of pitch.
Ok thanks!
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so what vertical speed are we talking?
Also whens a good time to deploy flaps and what speed for approach, I always extend flaps around 10000ft at 275 knots and the plane just flies forward nose down
Flaps don’t need to be deployed until you’re on approach and your aircraft is slowing down, or you are departing a runway. Their purpose is to promote lift when the airspeed is lower (less airspeed = lower lift).
Each aircraft is different, so I can’t really give you proper information on when to extend flaps, but a rough idea is that you usually extend flaps as you approach the approach cone on the map and you continue to do so as you lower your speed for landing.
I.e. 210 kts = flaps 5° @ 15 nm out
150-200 = flaps 10-20°
140 kts = flaps 25-40° @ 2 nm out (short final)
Might I clarify too, that these are wildly inaccurate, because it depends on many different factors, weight, aircraft, airport altitude etc. Your best option is to look at the approach details of each aircraft before your flights. You can find many tutorials here on the forum, these number were just to give you an understanding of them.
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I aim for around 12.5° and 15° pitch, that’s around approximately 2500 fpm. But when I’m higher than 1500 - 2000 ft after my departure, I usually lower my vertical speed so I can speed up and retract my flaps for not straining my engines too much.
Then I set the vertical speed when I’m around 240/250knts airspeed to 3000 to 3500 until I reach 10 000 ft
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For me I am trying to hold a 12-15 degree pitch after liftoff then between 800 and 1500 feet I try to lower the pitch and decrease takeoff thrust to climb thrust (2-5%) decrease N1 and for my climb up to cruise I go 2000-3000 FPM vertical speed. And obviously this can change depending on aircraft weight etc… let me know if you have my more questions!
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