Go for it. During my initial training in Phoenix, my instructor and I
did some thermaling in a Cessna 172. We obtained a +500 fpm rate of
climb with the engine at full idle while circling in a thermal.

Dean

(Kees Mies) wrote in message . com...
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?
If my idea is not that stupid how do I find thermals and how to use
them properly?

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

BTW, my plane is a MS880 Rallye.

Thanks,
Kees.
D-EDMB.