prop rpm question
Richard Lamb wrote:
If you can find the engine performance plots you will see that the
percent of RPM and percent of power (HP or torque) are not at all
the same thing.
And it's torque that turns the propeller (not RPM).
1000 rpm might be near 1/2 RPM, but barely 10-20 percent max torque.
At full power (torque), the prop can deliver x number of pounds
thrust for any given airspeed. That's the most you'll get.
Rolling off RPM also rolls one down the torque curve.
And you are right, it's a very non-linear curve.
Richard
ps:
also on the torque curve, note that max torque and max HP are usually
NOT found at the same RPM...
ta
It's been a while since I saw so many errors in so little text.
Matt
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