Slow A36

As I remember the A36 you need to keep you eye on engine temp and adjust the cowling to maintain around 390 degrees to get better preformance. I don't remember if I ever achived 170.

its probably capable to reach that speed under certain surcumstances. and also check your fuel and payload weight and the weather those are all factors in this

Have you tried pitching the prop back to 70-75%? That is the cruising configuration for most props. 90-100% are for take-off and landing, so you can get max RPM, not max speed.

NoWorries wrote:

Have you tried pitching the prop back to 70-75%? That is the cruising configuration for most props. 90-100% are for take-off and landing, so you can get max RPM, not max speed.

I would think 70% on the prop would be lugging the engine. Beechcraft's maximum recommended cruise power setting is for mixture set at 20 degrees rich of max temp and 2500 rpm. The 90% prop setting gives 2500 rpm. Like I said above the error was mine in going from IAS to TAS. The 153 knot ground speed must have been due to a headwind. When I restarted the sim groundspeed was 182 knots. Thanks.

Check this out, in the realistic settings, its says true airspeed and something else, put oon true airspeed. Because i had the same problems with other aircrafts. i.e i was flying b737 and the max speed was 360 kts, then i was amazed but whe i puted ot the true speed insteed of indidcaated speed, the max was 475/m.0.82 but ofcaurse i am always flying with my b738 delta and the speed is 465 kts, at high altitudes.