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Bonanza G36 underpowered?

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just tried a couple flights with the G36 and was unable to climb above 4500 ft without stalling. gear up. flaps up. full power. 60% fuel. Am i missing something?

3 minutes ago, g00dn3ss said:

just tried a couple flights with the G36 and was unable to climb above 4500 ft without stalling. gear up. flaps up. full power. 60% fuel. Am i missing something?

Which airport/ elevation?

Semper Fi 

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out of Bremerton, WA 444 ft

1 hour ago, g00dn3ss said:

just tried a couple flights with the G36 and was unable to climb above 4500 ft without stalling. gear up. flaps up. full power. 60% fuel. Am i missing something?

Did you lean mixture?

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For those wishing to increase the G36 performance, try these settings in the flight_model .cfg/FLIGHT TUNING. Clb @ 1250fpm 130knts ias at normal MP and Prop pitch. Cruise 160ias at 22mp and 2400 rpm.

parasite_drag_scalar = 0.6//1
induced_drag_scalar = 1.00//1.4

 

Edited by Adrian123

You know about the prop rpm handle? (Not the throttle)

Edited by Gomoto

You need to set the rpm with the prop rpm handle, only increasing throttle will not give you full power.

Just now, Gomoto said:

You need to set the rpm with the prop rpm handle, only increasing throttle will not give you full power.

Quite aware of that

It is probably helpful for OP 🙂

Gotta lean that motor 🙂

4 hours ago, Adrian123 said:

For those wishing to increase the G36 performance, try these settings in the flight_model .cfg/FLIGHT TUNING. Clb @ 1250fpm 130knts ias at normal MP and Prop pitch. Cruise 160ias at 22mp and 2400 rpm.

parasite_drag_scalar = 0.6//1
induced_drag_scalar = 1.00//1.4

 

Would this also help when dragging the airplane in for a landing?

It feels like the engine needs more HP..

Edit:

Also look at engines.cfg and try

[PISTON_ENGINE]
power_scalar = 1.1 ; Piston power scalar, was 1.0

maybe back off the drag numbers a bit..

Edit: Just tried 0.8 and 1.2 for drag, and 1.1 for engine.. seems to work a lot better 🙂

Edited by Bert Pieke

Bert

2 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

Would this also help when dragging the airplane in for a landing?

It feels like the engine needs more HP..

Edit:

Also look at engines.cfg and try

[PISTON_ENGINE]
power_scalar = 1.1 ; Piston power scalar, was 1.0

maybe back off the drag numbers a bit..

Edit: Just tried 0.8 and 1.2 for drag, and 1.1 for engine.. seems to work a lot better 🙂

Bert I did do some experimenting with engine HP and Turbocharging. Upping the HP by 10hp helps. Turbocharging makes it a Rocket. It's actually quite enjoyable to fly, now.🙂

Edited by Adrian123
thought

2 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

Would this also help when dragging the airplane in for a landing?

It feels like the engine needs more HP..

Edit:

Also look at engines.cfg and try

[PISTON_ENGINE]
power_scalar = 1.1 ; Piston power scalar, was 1.0

maybe back off the drag numbers a bit..

Edit: Just tried 0.8 and 1.2 for drag, and 1.1 for engine.. seems to work a lot better 🙂

🤔 Now is there any edits to make the Citations engines more true to life? They feel like the Citation X engines on steriods right now.

It's tricky to determine if it's drag or power or both. Jet powered aircraft even more so. But i'm far from an expert. Just an old tweaker from way back in the freeware aircraft only days before professional 3rd party developers..

Edited by Adrian123

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