Advanced Climb

An Advanced Climb performance model is comprised of a simple set of parameters that define the flight characteristics of the aircraft while climbing and is mapped to the physical properties of the aircraft that are currently defined in the Advanced Fixed Wing Tool.

Climb

Field	Description
Climb Airspeed	Select a mode to calculate the aircraft's airspeed while descending. Best Climb Rate - the speed at which the aircraft's rate of climb is maximized. Best Climb Angle - the speed at which the aircraft will gain the most altitude over downrange distance. Min Fuel Climb - the speed at which the aircraft's fuel consumption is minimized. Override Airspeed - a specific, manually defined speed.
Airspeed	Defines the aircraft's airspeed; this property is calculated unless you have selected Override Airspeed for the Climb Airspeed property.
Use Afterburner	Select to use the engine's afterburner when climbing, if the powerplant strategy that you have selected has one.

Field

Description

Climb Airspeed

Select a mode to calculate the aircraft's airspeed while descending.

Best Climb Rate - the speed at which the aircraft's rate of climb is maximized.
Best Climb Angle - the speed at which the aircraft will gain the most altitude over downrange distance.
Min Fuel Climb - the speed at which the aircraft's fuel consumption is minimized.
Override Airspeed - a specific, manually defined speed.

Airspeed

Defines the aircraft's airspeed; this property is calculated unless you have selected Override Airspeed for the Climb Airspeed property.

Use Afterburner

Select to use the engine's afterburner when climbing, if the powerplant strategy that you have selected has one.

Airspeed Limit Below Alt

Airspeed Limit Below Alt parameters are used to specify an airspeed limit when the aircraft is below a specified altitude. This limit represents a flight regulation (the default value is the limit proscribed by the FAA) and is not related to the actual performance capabilities of the aircraft.

Table - Airspeed Limit Below Alt

Field	Description
Use Airspeed Limit	Select to apply an altitude airspeed limit on the aircraft.
Altitude Limit	Defines the altitude threshold, below which the airspeed limit will be applied.
Airspeed	Defines the aircraft's maximum airspeed when below the Altitude Limit; select a reference from the drop-down menu - true airspeed (TAS), calibrated airspeed (CAS), equivalent airspeed (EAS), or Mach number.

Compute Delta Altitude

The Compute Delta Altitude property defines the maximum change in altitude in a computed segment before the data is sampled again and a new segment is begun.