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Old 01-23-2012, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Crumpp View Post
Read your Hurricanes notes....
I did, it still says constant IAS to FTH and linear reduction above optimum climb.

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Optimum for what???? Is that best rate or best angle???
Best rate of climb.

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It is actually because of the fixed pitch propeller but lets not get ahead of ourselves and get all confused on the correct principles for climbing speeds.
This is not propeller related. There are performance tests with Rotol propellers show that the same applies to Hurricanes or Spitfires with CSP.
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