What Is Vx in a Cessna 172

The Cessna 172 POH lists VX as64 KIAS; for the Cirrus SR22 it is 78KIAS, and for the Tecnam Light Sport airplane, it is 60 KIAS.

What is VX and VY for Cessna 172?

Vx is your best angle of climb speed, and Vy is your best rate of climb speed.

What is VX airspeed?

Vx is the slowest (IAS), and is the Maximum ANGLE of climb. It allows one to climb to altitude within the shortest horizontal distance. … A straight line is drawn from the “origin” or the “zero corner” (zero airspeed and zero altitude) and where it touches the curve is Vx.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.

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