Instead, we tend to feed the power in gradually, allowing the airplane to roll as power comes in, ensuring adequate cooling and minimizing prop erosion. To get the POH performance, you must use the POH technique.Įxcept when taking off from a truly short runway with wires or a tree line just off the departure end, almost nobody actually takes off like that. One of the items on the flight training syllabus was to show different flying techniques, and compare actual performance received to that predicted by the POH.įor example, the POH for this particular make and model of airplane calls for applying full power for takeoff prior to brake release, then accelerating in a low angle of attack to a specific liftoff (sometimes called “rotation”) speed and pitching positively upward to a VX attitude. ![]() Part of the training we provided included flight in the customer’s airplane. To learn what even a type-certificated airplane will truly do and when, you need to test-fly the airplane.įor a time, I was the lead instructor for Beechcraft Bonanza training for an international flight safety organization working at the Beech factory airport. ![]() It’s up to you to determine what is “normal” for your airplane, and the way you fly it. Meanwhile, common piloting techniques differ from those recommended by the pilot’s operating handbook (POH) or airplane flight manual (AFM). ![]() Some do better, some don’t quite meet the specs. Very few airplanes get precisely “book” performance.
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