Resource for choosing a plane?

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In almost all situations (except for all-out automotive performance and
aircraft useage), turbochargers on gasoline engines are a dumb idea. I'm
not opposed to owning an aircraft with one, but it would be
turbo-normalized at most... no full-time turbo since you have to throw
away HP with CR just to gain it back (and burn more fuel, require more
octane, and cook your jugs).


What is CR?


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
: wrote)
: In almost all situations (except for all-out automotive performance and
: aircraft useage), turbochargers on gasoline engines are a dumb idea. I'm
: not opposed to owning an aircraft with one, but it would be
: turbo-normalized at most... no full-time turbo since you have to throw
: away HP with CR just to gain it back (and burn more fuel, require more
: octane, and cook your jugs).


: What is CR?

Compression Ratio. The TSIO-360 runs I think a 7:1 compression ratio vs. the
8.5 (8.9?)-ish for the normally-aspirated Lyc IO-360.

-Cory

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* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
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What is CR?

Compression Ratio. The TSIO-360 runs I think a 7:1 compression ratio
vs. the 8.5 (8.9?)-ish for the normally-aspirated Lyc IO-360.


Thanks. I know what compresion ratio is and knew what the numbers were, I've
just never seen CR like that before. My mind was all over the map trying to
figure that one out - and it was right in front of me. Doh!


Montblack