bud7h7 wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2013 at 1:09am:

boeing247 wrote on Dec 27th, 2012 at 7:41pm: I've tried all the recommended mods, but I'm still way overpowered. Anything else that can be done? I'm curious, do you normally fly short flights (light fuel load)? When I was doing FDE modifications I noticed fuel load makes a huge difference in power requirements and fuel burn. With a light fuel load (empty center tank) I can climb at 3000 fpm or more all the way up to about FL180.

I've only been flying short flights (empty center tank, right and left tanks each half-full), but I'm still getting way over 3000 fpm at all altitudes. I can maintain over 4000 FPM (often much more than 4000) with throttles at about 80-90%. I did some quick research on the 737-200, and apparently it did have a very good climb rate, but I can't imagine it was as high as the rate I'm managing.