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Old 09-14-2012, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bongodriver View Post
Are you Crumpp in alias?
I find that very insulting. I'm not calling you names just because you don't want to "believe" a simple technical fact.
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Originally Posted by bongodriver
I don't find aircraft manuals confusing thank you, I just find the idea of a prop turning at 1500 rpm being efficient less than believeable.
For your consideration: 1500 rpm with a 3.1m diameter prop is 240m/s prop tip speed. Combined with 430km/h cruise you're at 270m/s. If you now consider going supersonic (300ish m/s at altitude) is a bad thing, you might find the figure much more believable. Hope that helps, even if my charm is still lacking.
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