Has anyone gone filled out a performance table for basic settings on the PA32R-300? If so, please fill in your numbers for me. I will use them as a starting reference point and will publish my filled in table when I verify the numbers.
Based on a Moody Aviation Seminar I just completed yesterday, they mentioned having this kind of table as good starting point for stabilized approaches. They said similar tables were recommend in the old FAA Instrument Flying Handbook. I used to have these kinds of tables when I did flight instruction to new pilots, and I remembered my first instructor had a similar table for every airplane he flew for each phase of flight. Also serves as a check if you’re not getting the expected performance--something is off—such as requiring less power than expected (gear up when it should have been down, etc.)
Traffic pattern (gear down prop mixture full forward):
Holding 2300 - 2400 RPM (Mixture Lean, gear flaps up)
Instrument Approaches (RPM full forward, mixture Rich, gear down, flaps up):
Based on a Moody Aviation Seminar I just completed yesterday, they mentioned having this kind of table as good starting point for stabilized approaches. They said similar tables were recommend in the old FAA Instrument Flying Handbook. I used to have these kinds of tables when I did flight instruction to new pilots, and I remembered my first instructor had a similar table for every airplane he flew for each phase of flight. Also serves as a check if you’re not getting the expected performance--something is off—such as requiring less power than expected (gear up when it should have been down, etc.)
Traffic pattern (gear down prop mixture full forward):
Traffic pattern | Pitch | MAP | FLAP | IAS |
| Downwind LVL FLT | | 20” | 10° | 100 |
| Base 500 fpm | | | 25° | 90 |
| Final 500 fpm | | | 40° | 80-90 |
Holding 2300 - 2400 RPM (Mixture Lean, gear flaps up)
Pitch | MAP | IAS |
| | 100 120 |
Instrument Approaches (RPM full forward, mixture Rich, gear down, flaps up):
Approach | Pitch | MAP |
Level flight | | |
500 fpm | | |
