Anybody want to get high?

[tawood]

No, not "towellie" high...I had a perfect tailwind yesterday, and the higher I climbed the better it got. My ol' Cherokee 140 "Gigi" surprised me, climbing quite well to 17500 (GPS 16550). Interesting note: the OAT (at altitude) was -40*!!!

 

[FormerHangie]

Wow!

How cold was it inside the cabin?

 

[tawood]

Wow!

How cold was it inside the cabin?

It was fine (one of the things people often complain about the Cherokee that I like: only one door to worry about the door seal)...until I started descent, then wow it got cold!

 

[jsstevens]

172kts groundspeed. Nice!

 

[Timbeck2]

Hmmm, POH service ceiling on mine is a bit lower.

 

[jsstevens]

Hmmm, POH service ceiling on mine is a bit lower.

Service ceiling is where it can still climb 100'/minute. Clearly the absolute ceiling on this one is higher...

 

[JCranford]

Wow, I bet that took a while

 

[bnt83]

Service ceiling is where it can still climb 100'/minute. Clearly the absolute ceiling on this one is higher...

Supposed to be at gross weight too right?

Airplanes tend to do well with less weight in them lol. Not to mention conditions better than standard atmosphere.

 

[Timbeck2]

Service ceiling is where it can still climb 100'/minute. Clearly the absolute ceiling on this one is higher...

I did not know this. So why do they bother putting service ceilings in a book if its different depending upon where you fly?

 

[tawood]

Supposed to be at gross weight too right?

Airplanes tend to do well with less weight in them lol. Not to mention conditions better than standard atmosphere.

Both were in my favor last night...it was just me, fuel at about 1/3 tanks, and very low DA.

I didn't pay much attention to total-time-to-climb because I did it in steps, but I did notice over 1000 fpm at take off climb (best ever), over 500 fpm to about 10000, and still showed 175 fpm at 16500.