[ACE-OF-ACES]

Just completed the first formal ROC test..

To find the best ROC you have to first find the best climb speed(s) (BCS)

There are several options here, you can do the modern energy methods, but the quick and dirty way is to simply do several runs at several speeds..

Than compare the ROC charts of each and pick the BCS per altitudes, i.e. pick the speed that gives you the best ROC per altitude.

Here is a graph of my first run

It was preformed at ~300mph IAS



As you can see, climbing at 300mph IAS gives an ROC @ SL of ~8,500fpm, where as the real F-86A had an ROC @ SL of 7,500fpm..

Thus the in game F-86A has a full ~1,000fpm better than real ROC for a % error of ~13%

Which ain't bad!

But keep in mind this is just the 1st BCS I have tested, other speeds may cause bigger or smaller errors

Also keep in mind that while an ROC error affects the ROC at that alt..

The real impact, error wise, is in the time to climb (TTC) charts (alt vs. time) in that the ROC error is an accumulative error in the TTC chart. Which in essence allows the plane to reach an altitude much sooner than it could in RL.

Anyway, it is snowing here, I have to go shovel some snow, so I don't know how much more I will be able to do today. But if not this weekend than next for sure!

The plan is to do a few more BCS tests, than using the info from that testing to do an ROC with the BCS per alt applied to get the best in game ROC.

S!