July 16, 201312 yr Commercial Member What's really counts here, is what the airframe is still able to do ( or not do) at specific altitudes, as in the original post. For instance, my RV engine, which is the same as a Cessna 180 HP SP,(but with a carb instead of fuel injection), will still be running with an ability to climb, far past the limits of the Cessna, 180 HP Piper Archer, or the Diamond DA40. The charts can be looked at, to compare altitude to manifold pressure, and output of engine expressed in percentages. I'm glad you brought that up. After being stuck in a dive while testing the Saab at 55 000 feet, I finally managed to level it out at 15 000 feet (give or take a few hundred feet). I was diving for so long, and at such great speed (while pulling the controls back as far as I could), it took a while to level off. Obviously, I don't know if THAT part of the Saab is accurate seeing as the documentation doesn't allow for the Saab to be at such a high altitude. (Obviously damage was turned off in the settings)
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