Reaching cruise altitude

[Guest nicoet]

Hello,I've just bought today this great plane but i have a problem to reach my final altitude. I set my cruise altitude @ FL330 but at approximatly FL250 the pllane was stlii going up put @ 500ft/min. It was a very very very long climb.Can you help me, did i do something wrongThank you for your helpNicolas/NDY508

[Guest nicoet]

Sorry i forgot to say that it was the A330Nicolas NDY508

[Guest NormanB]

What was the max available in the MCDU (not what you had set)? Also be aware the real A330 is terribly slow on the climb.

[Guest nicoet]

The max available was FL 410

[Allan Burek 3]

A lot of how fast you climb is based on what cost index you have as well. Try a flight with CI of 50 and then one of 35 and see the difference.

[Guest NormanB]

Nicolas,Unless you were flying empty, its going to be very difficult to take off and climb straight to the ceiling level.When I asked what was the max available I referred to a value displayed in the CDU under PERF. This will show optimum and recommended max levels.

[Guest nicoet]

I will try with 35 at CI thank you for the tips and the level recomended in perf was 380 when i did a very long time to reach 310