37000ft

[T1loady]

In real life I have been to 36k in a C-130.  We were on O2 but the plane made it, o yea it has props...

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[hitech]

Wilbus, you are just plane wrong.

If the top speed is correct for at given alt , so is the AOA, they realy can't be wrong.

So exatly what does Fairly high meen? A simple mesure of what AOA for level flight you would have is just compairing stall speed to current IAS.

Using 16 deg for max aoa, and stall speed of 100 and current ias of 130.

16 / ((130 / 100) ^ 2) = 9.5 degrees AOA, this is exatly the same for all aircraft just plug in there numbers.

I know there are a few effects im not using in this caculation, but they are very small for this discusion.


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[Heretik]

Originally posted by MoRphEuS
I have to ask...

What in the world are you doing at 37K????

He's looking for Ack-Ack, silly.

[Angus]

Some WW2 prop planes made close to 50K
Hell, I even met a Spit driver who made it to 49K. It was a Mk VIII or IX HF, not sure...

[Rasker]

a post in another thread mentioned that one of those high alt Spits shot down a Ju-86 recon bomber over the Med at close to 50k alt, highest shoot down of the war, 'twas said.

[Overlag]

Originally posted by Karnak
One other note, the RAF defined service ceilings as the altitude ad which climb rate dropped below 500ft/minute.  I don't know how other services defined it, but a service ceiling is not the same as an absolute ceiling.

wow, in that case the lancaster ceiling would be 4000feet

hehe

[BenDover]

Originally posted by Rasker
a post in another thread mentioned that one of those high alt Spits shot down a Ju-86 recon bomber over the Med at close to 50k alt, highest shoot down of the war, 'twas said.

That'll teach that alt monkey!