Introducing Climb-Cruise

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Published: Jun 30, 2024
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Performance Climb speed Fuel saving Flight mechanics Climb-cruise

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Palanunt Pajayakrit
Aeronautical Engineering Department, Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Air Force Academy
Kanok Tongsawang
Aeronautical Engineering Department, Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Air Force Academy

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A climb-cruise is a straight climb with objectives to gain altitude, as well as ground distance. Climb-cruise performance is compared with traditional flight profile consisting of a separate climb and a cruise between the same starting and end points. The flight mechanic analysis of climb-cruise is presented. Examples of performance comparisons between climb-cruse and traditional climb and cruise for 3 example aircraft types are shown. Minimum fuel climb-cruise is the focus of this study, therefore positive fuel saving and time saving are presented to show that climb-cruise is superior over traditional climb and cruise profile.

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Pajayakrit, P., & Tongsawang, K. (2024). Introducing Climb-Cruise. NKRAFA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 20(1), 93–107. Retrieved from https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nkrafa-sct/article/view/253104
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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2024): January - June
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