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tomas1976
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Attitude in level flight
Jan 7th, 2011 at 9:11pm
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Hi.
Im quite new att flightsim so Im not sure if this is right or not.
When Im in level flight with the 727-100 i hav about 6-8 degres nose up attitude.
Is this supposed to be or am I doing something wrong.

Glad for help.
  
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Re: Attitude in level flight
Reply #1 - Jan 7th, 2011 at 9:22pm
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Your pitch attitude depends on your weight, speed and flap deployment.  The slower you go, and the heavier the airplane, the more nose up you will be in level flight until you start setting your flaps out.  There are minumum speeds you should not go below for each flap setting that will result in reasonable attitudes -- I am not sure if these are in the Captain Sim manuals or not.
  
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Re: Attitude in level flight
Reply #2 - Jan 9th, 2011 at 5:49pm
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Ok thx for the answer.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 11th, 2011 at 2:21am
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By way of some further information, the most pitch you would see in level flight would be about 7-8 degrees in level flight with flaps five at the minimum maneuver speed for your weight or 6-7 degrees with flaps 15 at the minimum maneuver speed with that configuration.
  
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Re: Attitude in level flight
Reply #4 - Jan 11th, 2011 at 1:56pm
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Not counting spped or flaps...say at cruise speed, theres a huge difference in attitude if you have fuel full tanks 100%, or just 50%.
Try it, go to "Fuel and Payload" and change the three tanks from 100 to 50. You´ll see the nose going down and the plane levelled.
  

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