CRJ-700 cruising speed

[Kick]

I planned a cross-country IFR and was told to fly at 43,000 feet. But the CRJ-700 won't exceed 250 knots - is that because of the altitude? If so, what altitude should I fly at?

[RoY]

The internet can be yourt friend - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_CRJ700_series#CRJ700

Maximum speed is Mach 0.85 (903 km/h; 488 kn) at a maximum altitude of 12,500 m (41,000 ft). Depending upon payload, the CRJ700 has a range of up to 3,620 km (2,250 mi) with original engines, and a new variant with CF34-8C5 engines will have a range of up to 4,660 km (2,900 mi).

[TextRich]

In the United States, the speed limit below 10,000 feet is 250 knots. Airliners usually climb up to cruising altitude (your 43,000 feet) at 280 knots. You may have forgotten to disengage the autothrottle after climbing past 10,000 feet. Or done something silly like forgot to retract the landing gears and flaps after takeoff.

[Maarten]

the higher you climb the lower the IAS is.
your IAS may be 250 knots but your TAS would still be around 450knots.

[MightyCaco]

Yeah your IAS decreases with altitude. Normally indicated airspeed is used in the climb up to a certain altitude (around FL280), and then you continue the climb using a mach number. I used to fly the CRJ200 irl, and if I recall correctly (memory is hazy), I think it should automatically switch to mach at around FL316 anyways. In any case, at high altitudes, you should be around the mid .7 mach range for cruise/climb.

I don't know the CRJ700, but FL430 is definately way too high. The CRJs tend to struggle a bit around mid-to-low 300 FLs.

[Erazer]

Originally posted by Kick me after Hug me:

I planned a cross-country IFR and was told to fly at 43,000 feet. But the CRJ-700 won't exceed 250 knots - is that because of the altitude? If so, what altitude should I fly at?

The atmosphere is too rarified at that altitude for these aircraft.

You should try 30,000 Ft where the Bombardier CRJ-900 [Not 700] will attain 330KIAS

Pacifica Airlines

When I attempted to go up to 40,000 Ft the speed slowed to 250KIAS

Depending season turn all anti-ice on plus the pitot heaters.

If you like this aircraft search for 'Orion Special Operations' and choose the manual install from Rikoooo. These come equipped with Ground Proximity Warning Systems [GPWS] talk down to the runway from 2000 Ft, Approaching Minimums warning, Glideslope, and final descent heights to the runway.

[Erazer]

Originally posted by Kick Me!:

With the 747 at full throttle and cruising at 32,000 ft, the speed tops out at 319-320 knots on the speedometer, but also says mach 0.87 right below. Flaps retracted and engines at max power; is this as fast as she'll fly?

Two ways to find all the information:

1. When you choose the 747 take a look at the aircraft's details before you click OK

2. When the 747 is on the runway press the Pause/Break key and the Shift+F10 to bring up the kneeboard as you'll need to know take off and landing/placard speeds.

You should do this routinely in any case.

As most of these aircraft are loaded according to economy or tourist class, just halve the number of passengers and luggage. In practise every second row of seats can be removed to give business class passengers more leg room. This will help to extend the range of the aircraft and slightly improve its speed.

You can also alter the load in the aircraft.cfg file so that you don't have to do this chore every time you use that particular aircraft. This a slightly better way than saving a flight.

Next. Press Shift + Z and check the wind speed and direction. Head winds slow you down and tail winds help a little.

With engines at max power your N1 will probably be way too high and the fuel consumption will be uneconomical, the other factors being climb and descent rate and the planet's rotation which affects the distance to travel. The lower the climb rate the less fuel is used and N1 is lower.

Fuel consumption is the exponential of speed so the increase in fuel consumption rises dramatically especially when after-burners are engaged. [Fighter jets and Concorde.]

Originally posted by Kick Me!:

Also, is there any way to see other airplanes or weather on my Garmin GPS, or elsewhere? How about getting that call out voice that reads elevation at landing? Or actually getting additional fuel added when taxi to gas station? Appreciate any insights.

I think it was Sixshot who posted about getting airfcraft to show up on the GPS so take a look for his posts and there is a Ground Proximity Warning Systems [GPWS] add-on available.

You just need to search on the net.

If you are looking for sheer speed try out Concorde at Mach 2.04 and 50,000Ft [FL 500]

She will go up to 60,000 Ft and Mach 2.09

You'll just need to alter the aircraft.cfg file to get the weight right for takeoff and a workable center of gravity.

Can't get her to run full screen, and exiting causes FSX to stop responding, but at least she is perfectly useable and free.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/314160/discussions/2/1742227264198263121/

[Erazer]

My mistake it was Pirate in Paradise who posted this especially for you as a Yuletide present:

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