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Old January 15th 08, 12:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.student, rec.aviation.piloting
terry
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Default more confusion on cessna performance chart

On Jan 15, 10:24*am, quietguy wrote:
Your PA-to-DA calculations clearly differ from Cessna's, probably
because they used a different standard atmosphere. *There are plenty
to choose from: International SA, U.S. SA, ICAO SA (all revised over
the years) and some others, some of which are no longer used. *You'd
need to find out which SA was used by Cessna when the 172N was built.
Good luck with that project. *I would just plot some points from the
POH and draw a smooth curve connecting them; I'd be conservative in my
choices of data points and call that good enough.


Good point , perhaps that is the issue,the data I have do not specifiy
what standard atmosphere.

Thanks
Terry