my thoughts on propeller pitch

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Ok, you're right, I wasn't looking at the crude or approximate in your statement, I got distracted by the simplistic formula, haha. I was looking for something precise, which takes propller diameter into account, as well as the delta V (how do you type those in Windows anyways?).

The formula I posted DOES take diameter into account, but the diameter term is hidden away in the efficiency term. I type Δ by going into the character map. It's not in the ASCII character set so I don't think it has an ALT+XXXX code.

[louisv]

Originally Posted by 5-in-50

The bike analogy is fine, but doesn't account for Constant Speed Units, which aren't present in CoD anyway.

There is the Rotol hurricane

Yeah the bike analogy is good actually, max fine pitch is not max speed, from the video...