There is a huge variation depending on weight and altitude and temperature.
I have seen as high as 4000fpm but I suspect that there was some wave lift
present. I have also seen a little as 900fpm after takeoff from Minden on a
100F day. This may not seem too bad until you consider that Vy is 155kts
which is a pretty high TAS at 6000' and 90F+. The climb angle was pretty
pathetic. Actually it was a little scary. That was the last time I took
off at gross weight from a high altitude airport on a scorching day.
Typical climbout is about 2000fpm at heavy weights. After about 14,000'
climb rate slows and is about 1,000fpm at FL220 and 400fpm at FL290.

Mike
MU-2


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Fair enough. I suspect that if you were in a Learjet climbing over
6,000fpm, that even your ears might complain a little.

Yeah, but it would be worth the pain! :-)

How fast does your MU-2 climb, Mike?
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