April 7, 201214 yr so the full throttle thing seems reasonable for cruise. Yes Azure... it certainly will be at some altitude... where the engine can't make 75% or more power... again I think I read somewhere that would be between 6000' - 8000' MSL. Some how seeing this type of posting just made a cold, gray Saturday morning seem a whole lot better. Thanks! You know Meshman... I was thinking about responding to Jeroen shortly after he posted... Was well worth the wait seeing "some others" post. :Big Grin:
April 7, 201214 yr The yellow arc on an airspeed gauge indicates the area where sudden extreme movements of the flight controls may result in over-stressing the airframe. It does not mean you are going too fast, it just means fly smoothly if you are in this range. - Gary Letona EDIT: See post 18 and 19.
April 7, 201214 yr The yellow arc on an airspeed gauge indicates the area where sudden extreme movements of the flight controls may result in over-stressing the airframe. It does not mean you are going too fast, it just means fly smoothly if you are in this range. Actually Gary... you are kind of mixing in the idea of Va with the yellow arc meaning. Vno (top of green arc / bottom of yellow) may be exceeded only in smooth air. I used to (well still do) remember Vno as a "No... Only" if in smooth air... no going past Vno unless it's smooth as glass. Encounter some Light turbulence and it is time to pull off power / gently raise the nose a bit until back in the green arc. Rob
April 8, 201214 yr you are kind of mixing in the idea of Va with the yellow arc meaning. I stand corrected, what I was describing is Va, which varies by weight so it is not painted on the airspeed indicator.
April 8, 201214 yr From the Pilot's Operating Handbook for the Maule M-7-260C: NOTE: DESIGN MANEUVERING SPEED: The maximum safe airspeed at which full aerodynamic controls can be applied (VA) is 109K (125 mph). This airspeed is not marked on the airspeed indicator. also ROUGH AIR OR MANEUVERING SPEED 109k (125 MPH) I.A.S. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
April 8, 201214 yr Consider that the normal cruise speed is 164 MPH or 142.5 kias. Your screenshot's tooltip is showing 142 kias, which is correct! There is one problem, which I think MS may have misinterpreted. According to the performance specs on the Manufacturers web site, Cruise Speed at 75% power at opt altitude (That though is not defined) is 162MPH or 141kt TAS not IAS as the gauges are. So what he shows as 142kts is actually 153.360kts TAS. at 4000ft (Shown in his screenshot). So it appears the Maule in Flight may be a little fast. Incidentally the Maule in FSX flies at about 130kts IAS, which calculates to 140.4kts TAS at 4000ftMSL at the same power settings. so it looks like FSX may be more accurate. This also coincides with the boundary between the Green and yellow arcs. Which makes more sense for the cruise speed.. http://www.mauleairi...performance.pdf Thanks Tom My Youtube Videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/tf51d
April 8, 201214 yr Commercial Member Truthfully, it's the artwork that's incorrect! The "yellow band" is simply too long. There should be a white band inbetween the green and yellow bands. The yellow band should begin about 170 MPH... Consider that the normal cruise speed is 164 MPH or 142.5 kias. Your screenshot's tooltip is showing 142 kias, which is correct! EDIT: the information in the first paragraph was incorrect. Sorry! Wouldent miss something like that! =) Kevin Miller 3D Artist and developer
April 8, 201214 yr Hmm, a bit strange. You are complaining about the Maule being too fast. But why not complaining that it is not able too reach service ceiling. Or why not complaining about all other aircraft being too fast and being able to fly way above their service ceilings?
April 8, 201214 yr Hmm, a bit strange. You are complaining about the Maule being too fast. But why not complaining that it is not able too reach service ceiling. Or why not complaining about all other aircraft being too fast and being able to fly way above their service ceilings? You are right. The bugs you mentioned are bad issues to deal with, as long as the Maule speed. To summarize we can say that the Maule, beside missing the A/P ...., is a heavily bugged plane.
April 8, 201214 yr +1 ;-) Nevermind Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
April 8, 201214 yr Hmm, a bit strange. You are complaining about the Maule being too fast. But why not complaining that it is not able too reach service ceiling. Or why not complaining about all other aircraft being too fast and being able to fly way above their service ceilings? Er... I wasn't complaining? Where did I complain? I even said in my OP I didn't mind about the speed! I was just WONDERING why the Maule seemed to fly too fast. Others explained the plane is NOT flying too fast at all and hence there is no problem here. I didn't complain about the service ceiling because I never fly that high and I also didn't complain about the speed of the other planes because they are fine with me... Why do people who have problems with MS Flight quite often put words in other peoples mouth to make it seem others are also having problems with MS Flight...?
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