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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Not at top speed or dive performance.
In general....Smaller disc = higher top speed because a large disc means more tip lose.
Larger disc means better low speed performance, ie take off, climb, cruise, and turn.
Examine the diameter of supersonic propellers.....
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those supersonic propellers max tip Mach is more than 1.3 while WWII p47 max tip Mach is below 1.15. quite different story.