A Level 1 AOA clarification

#1 December 29th 04, 05:20 AM

A reduction in speed is only guaranteed to produce a net increase
in power available if the new airspeed is higher than Vbg.

I think you mean higher than the airspeed for minimum power, which is
lower than Vbg.

Even that's not really true, since the power available curve isn't
flat. Vy is maybe closer to the truth.

#2 December 29th 04, 08:15 AM

"Greg Esres" wrote in message
...
A reduction in speed is only guaranteed to produce a net increase
in power available if the new airspeed is higher than Vbg.

I think you mean higher than the airspeed for minimum power, which is
lower than Vbg.

Yes...sorry, I use Vbg as a nice "landmark", since it's very close to the
actual speed in question. I guess I should be more explicit about that,
especially in this context.

#3 December 29th 04, 11:23 PM

Yes...sorry, I use Vbg as a nice "landmark", since it's very close
to the actual speed in question. I guess I should be more explicit
about that, especially in this context.

I thought so. You couldn't be right about so much and get that one
wrong. ;-)

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