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Offline Animal14

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Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« on: December 10, 2010, 01:35:16 PM »
I know this has been asked for before. But it would be cool to have
Vy/Vx of the plane you are currently flying in at published weights available.
Also the performace curves. This info would have been found in the poh and
I would imagine would have been either memorized by the pilots/available to them
in their plane.

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Offline blazingun

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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 03:05:53 PM »
+1   I'm all for more in-flight information.

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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 06:13:09 PM »
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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 10:49:13 PM »
Forget that.... I want in-flight movies darn it. 

+1   I'm all for more in-flight information.


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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 06:17:20 AM »
+1 good wish, annoying having to ask squaddies in the tower to check the FTH for a plane you dont fly often.

just the charts for the aircraft you're in :aok
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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2010, 10:05:19 AM »
   I made a small book of information on Aces buy just printing out the charts.  Then i put it in a binder.  It was easy to do, I just sat around and drank a few beers while I did it.  More important to me is proper fuel management, so I also made a series of pages stating RPM and throttle settings for fighters and Bombers.  Very helpful.



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Offline Animal14

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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2010, 06:49:58 PM »
Helm I'm like the idea but I don't have that kind of motivation and I'm too busy getting shot down!
And I think holmes said "for the airplane you are currently flying." that's exactly what I would like.

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« Last Edit: December 15, 2010, 06:56:31 PM by Animal14 »

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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2010, 11:43:08 PM »
Here's the info for the WW1 a/c..... feel free to print out and use in your own Flight Manual.

Stall : wing shake
Vne  : wing shake then break
Climb: point up a bit (toss all unnecessary equipment overboard)
Dive : never for longer than 3 seconds (see Vne)

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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2010, 12:02:08 AM »
Don't forget fire: Secure anything that isn't nailed down!

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Re: Aircraft performance on kneeboard
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2010, 12:24:13 AM »
Heres what I do in the airplane: Roll down the runway until it takes off, and when I'm landing i approach at 120, then dump all my flaps in once I get close to the runway.

With the exception being the 262, because I only landed one once, and skidded it.
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