step climb

短语

词形变化

step climbs 复数 step climbs 三单 step climbing 现在分词 step climbed 过去式 step climbed 过去分词

别名

step-climb

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of step climbing.

    航空 商务 工程

    The step climb from FL340 through FL360 and FL380 to FL400 will reduce our fuel burn compared to if we cruised at FL340 for the whole flight.

v.
  1. 1.

    To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.

    不及物 航空 商务 工程

    The flight plan called for step climbing from an initial cruising altitude of FL330 to the final altitude of FL350 halfway through the flight.