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Flying
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Flight Maneuvers > Climbs
and Climbing Turns > Best Rate Of Climb
Best rate of climb (VY) is performed at an
airspeed where the most excess power is available over that
required for level flight. This condition of climb will produce
the most gain in altitude in the least amount of time (maximum
rate of climb in feet per minute). The best rate of climb made
at full allowable power is a maximum climb. It must be fully
understood that attempts to obtain more climb performance than
the airplane is capable of by increasing pitch attitude will
result in a decrease in the rate of altitude gain.
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