Hello everyone! This is my first post on Pilots of America. I have a question that I always have had stuck in my head for a while and hopefully someone here can give me a detailed explanation. I would really appreciate it. Suppose that you are departing from P03. P03 sits at an elevation of 4,146 MSL. In this scenario the flight plan could be either VFR or IFR. Here is the scenario. I want to depart out of P03 and fly to KCGZ. I want to depart P03 and proceed direct to the DUG vortac then continue climbing along V66 as part of my route to 10,500 MSL. Here is the issue that I am running into. I know how to plan a Top of Climb. You plan a Top of Climb by looking into the performance charts to find out the fuel, time, and distance to climb and I am fully aware of that. But those charts only work if you are not going to have a course change during the climb. In this situation I want to depart P03 and climb to an altitude of 10,500 MSL. Once I depart P03 I will proceed direct to the DUG vortac and continue climbing to 10,500 MSL along V66. However, I know that I will not reach 10,500 MSL by the time that I hit DUG because P03 and the DUG vortac are only 8 NM apart from each other. I know that in my little PA-28-161 that I can not climb that fast in only 8NM. I would like to know how would I plan my Top of Climb (fuel, time, and distance) with a a course change and continuous climb.
Thank You,
Alex
Thank You,
Alex