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So you think that you could climb 5400 in three minutes? Ill bet that you
cant! The VSI is not a very accurate instrument and yours could easily be
off by several hundred feet per minute. If you ever fly in a plane with two
VSIs, compare them. Mine differ by about 300fpm at a rate of 2000fpm. If
you want to know what your climb rate is you need to stabilize the airplane
at Vy and then time a climb between two altitudes and do the math. You
wont see 1800fpm in smooth air in a 235. Now you have something to do this
weekend!

Mike
MU-2


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:rXdy8.18206$vX.3358@rwcrnsc53...
> > With airspeed at the top of the white you can climb like that? If so, I
> am
> > really impressed.
>
> > > 30 feet per second is only 1800 feet per minute. I see climb rates
> > > approaching that when Im lightly loaded and pushing it.
>
> Jerry, Im seeing 1500 fpm with 50+ gallons of fuel and two aboard. If I
> used the posters parameters (just 20 gallons of fuel, and solo) Im sure
I
> could exceed 1800 fpm climb...
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
>
>

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