In article , Kees Mies
wrote:

Hi All,

I need some advise.
The summer is starting and my plane is a rotten climber, certainly on
hot days at MTOW.
The best it can do in these conditions is about 300fpm.
My idea is to use thermals to climb (much)faster like gliders do.
Is this a stupid idea?

Absolutely not.

If my idea is not that stupid how do I find thermals and how to use
them properly?

I don't go looking for them, but when I feel them, I use them. I start
a tight circle until I feel it give out.

Maybe I should have asked this on a soaring site but I think there are
a lot of pilots flying both kinds of planes.

Soaring pilots will tell you to look for plowed fields, clouds,
anyplace the ground will be warmer than its surroundings.