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md 17 Take off,cruise and land speeds
EHM-1838 Andrew:
Hello
Can somebody please tell me the takeoff cruise and landing (flap deployment speeds)for the MD 17 EuroCargo.
I dont want to seem rude but surly ALL planes in our fleet should come with this information.I am not a guessing man.Prefer to know.
Cheers andy
EHM-1821 Javier:
Hi Andy,
are you using FSPassengers? i dont know about the deployment speed limits but you can always test out the plane on a test FSP flight and purposely destroy the flaps to see the speed which it is damaged. thats what i do;D
EHM-1798 Conrad:
Well, we cannot tell you the Takeoff and Landing speeds or the cruise speeds if you think logically.
Takeoff and Landing speeds vary on the weight of the aircraft. All these different speeds will vary on how heavy the aircraft is.
Cruising speed will vary depending on your FL/Altitude. Usually for something like 380 i would cruise roughly around 240 - 250 indicated.
EHM-1001 Robert:
Hi Andy,
that is why the main division airplanes have that information. Or at least, the recommended takeoff and landing flaps setting. As Conrad said, the perfect values are depends on the aircraft weight, also it is not sure that the model represents perfect real dynamics.
For takeoff I usually use 30% flaps (usually 10 degrees on most planes) and 100% for landing. After some practice, you will know or feel when you need to release the flaps.
If you reach to the MD-17 in your progress, you probably flew a lot with big heavies, so I am sure it is not new info to you, that you start extending your flaps under 200kts. On your base leg, you will probably be at around 180kts, with around flaps 10. When you catch the localizer you are around 160kts with flaps 20. When you are aligned and drop gears, you apply full flaps, and land.
I think that is not so complicated to mention at every single airplane, but as you said, it was planned to provide more information. I cannot promise though.
EHM-1652 Doug:
The following site might provide some useful real world information. But again I would point out Conrad and Roberts point about real world/sim operations.:%
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/usa/boeing/c-17/c-17.htm
Doug Ross
EHM1652
EGLL
Edinburgh
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