109 advice needed (climb)

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Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Biggest thing you were doing wrong is climbing at a constant speed (unless its either way lower or way higher). 300kph is like cruising speed for a 109, if you think climbing at cruising speed is enough to get away, you're mistaken. Either go into a all out climb (250kph or less), or get your engine management down and climb at 400kph. The Hurri will have a hard time maintaining that speed at the same angle climb as you, it might take 10 minutes, but you will eventually end up with higher alt than him, or if he tries to match your angle, he'll drop a bit of speed, and you'll slowly pull away. Pick one end of the spectrum or the other, but never pick the in-between. That's well within a Hurri's flight envelop, so you're not gaining anything on him. At that speed, you shouldn't have to use full throttle, so you were wasting your engine power but flying at that speed with that rpm.

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