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CESSNA
MODEL
182S
V¡
SECTION
1
GENERAL
Best Anql+of-Climb Soeed is the
soeed which
re-
sults in tñe greatest gain of altitude ih
a
given
hori-
zontaldistanðe.
Vy
Best Rate-of-Glimb Speed
is
the
speed which
results
in
the
greatest gain
in
altitude
in a
given time.
METEOROLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY
OAT
Outside
Air
Temperature
is
the free air
static
temperature.
lt
may be expressed in either
degrees
Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit.
Standard
Standard Temperature
is
15'C
at sea
level
Temperature pressure altitude and decreases
by 2"C for
each
1000
feet of altitude.
Pressure
Pressure Altitude
is
the altitude read from
an
Altitude
altimeter when
the
altimeter's barometric scale
has
been set
lo
29.92 inches
of
mercury (1013
mb).
ENGINE POWER TERMINOLOGY
BHP
Brake Horsepower is the power
developed
by
the
engine.
RPM
Revolutions
Per
Minute
is
engine speed.
Static
Static
RPM
is
engine speed attained during
a
full
RPM
throttle engíne runup when
the
airplane
is on
the
ground and stationary.
MP
Manifold Pressure is
a
pressure measured
in
the
engine's induction system
and
is
expressed
in
inches of mercury (in
Hg).
-.-:
Feb
3/97
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