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Old October 17th 04, 02:35 AM
G.R. Patterson III
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

Some flight plan software requires one to enter a power chart for the aircraft. This
is used to calculate time enroute at different altitudes and temperatures. The chart
has TAS for various combinations of altitude and power. Given the single
airspeed/altitude/power setting provided by the aircraft manufacturer, can one of
these charts be created mathmatically?


This sounds unclear to me, so it probably is to you. I need to enter power
percentage, GPH, and TAS figures for several rpm settings at, say 3,000' and the same
info for 10,000'. I can get the percentage and GPH figures from the Lycoming engine
data charts. Maule, however, just says that TAS is 103 knots at 8,500' at 75% power.
How can I derive the TAS values I need?

George Patterson
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been looking for it.