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Old 12-22-2012, 09:54 AM
JtD JtD is offline
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It's not a Crumpp problem here. The generalizations are pointless.

Indicated air speed is not equivalent to mass flow, because there's a square root over density in the IAS calculation. At a constant IAS, mass flow goes down with altitude. WW2 aircraft generally achieved lower IAS's with altitude, so mass flow goes down even more. This is countered by the reduced temperatures at altitude.

Now you can argue all day about the net effect, but unless you come up with a statistically significant number of test results, it will remain pointless. What remains is an unnecessary exchange of rudeness, which I think this forum has seen enough.