what is the climbing rate?? for a heli????

Answer 1

I currently fly robinsons, both 22's and 44's, the VSI vertical speed indicator, has a max of 1000 feet per minute, which I have done regularly, it depends upon the forward speed f the aircraft, unlike planes where the thrust is provide by the engines and the lift is provides by the wings, both lift and thrust are provided by the rotor disk, therefore to increase lift you must trade off speed,

hope that helps

JD

Answer 2

It depends on what heli you are flying, how hard you want it to climb, how hard it can climb (input combo of "collective" & "shout" -otherwise known as the throttle) and where all this is happening in terms of elevation, weather, your gross weight, etc.

Answer 3

All Helicopters are different. Something like a Chinook would be around 20ft/sec unloaded, where as a a smaller one would be in the region of 30 - 40ft

Answer 4

each aircraft has a different climb rate.