Lasse Hero writes:

It's nice to know that it's possible, like the aircraft manual says
too.

It's possible, but you need to control the airspeed carefully and be
very patient -- I often saw negative readings on the VSI when I hit
downdrafts, but when I just held my climb speed, eventually the ALT
would start winding up again. The POH numbers assume Vy all the way
up, but I'd be worried about cooling -- next time, I think that if I
cannot climb at 85-90 kias, I'll go up in steps, climbing Vy for a
while and then levelling off at a higher speed to cool the engine a
little.

In the winter in Finland (as in Canada), it should be much easier,
since the density altitude at 10,000 ft will be at least a couple of
thousand feet lower.

By the way, I spent a few days in Vaasa in the late 1990's. It's a
beautiful area, and the pine and birch remind me a lot of northern
Ontario (that's probably why so many people from Finland settled in
that part of Canada).


All the best,


David

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