On 2008-05-01, Jay Honeck wrote:
If you show significant climb rate with a single piston your sim is
smoking tobacco substitute.

1500 fpm climb isn't unreasonable in a lightly loaded 182 on a cold day.

Unfortunately, "significant" is one of those weasel words: you can argue
that 1500 fpm is 'not a significant climb rate', but someone else can
argue that 500 fpm is significant :-)

Many light singles can do 1500 fpm or better, not even on a cold day.
The S-35 Bonanza we used to have in the club would do 1800 fpm with two
on board. Our 160 hp Auster will happily do 1600 fpm... at 60 mph
(leading to a pretty decent climb angle). I bet a Super Cub with a
similar engine could do that too.

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