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Service Ceiling for a C85 powered 415-C?
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07 Dec 2025 12:05 #7
by Ronald Raty
Replied by Ronald Raty on topic Service Ceiling for a C85 powered 415-C?
I climbed to 9500 with a C85 with 48" pitch propeller flying over the Rockies enroute to Oshkosh. DA was around +2000 on a warm calm afternoon when I took off from Missoula heading East, loaded to 1400#. So that might be around 11000' on a standard day. IAS was down to 75 mph, so I wasn't going to get much more out of her. But it was enough to clear the continental divide by a couple thousand feet.
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07 Dec 2025 08:53 #8
by Mac McCormick
Cheers!
"Two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking and two more unaccounted for..." ~Anonymous B-36 Pilot
Service Ceiling for a C85 powered 415-C? was created by Mac McCormick
I'm hearing 13,000, Youtube saying 12,000, and others saying 11,000. Does anyone have actual numbers they've flown? If Old Man winter would be kind and give me a sunny day I plan on trying it in mine, meantime what are your experiences with max ceilings? This ties in to looking at long cross country flights with my wife come next spring/summer.
Cheers!
"Two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking and two more unaccounted for..." ~Anonymous B-36 Pilot
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