REFLECTOR: Airventure Cup Speed

Laurence Coen lwcoen at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 1 12:36:28 CDT 2006


What you missed is the comparison is between the cube root 200 HP and the 
cube root of 300 HP (6.7/5.8*180=205).

Larry Coen
N136LC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steve korney" <s_korney at hotmail.com>
To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Airventure Cup Speed


> Al wrote:
>
> Basically speed comes by reducing drag and increasing HP.  On a given
> airplane the speed will increase by approximately the cube root of the HP.
> If you plane goes 180 kts with 200 hp, it should go about 205- kts with 
> 300
> hp (differences in prop notwithstanding).
>
>
> Al.....
>
> What am I missing here....The cube root of 300 is app. 6.7
>
> Best... Steve
>
>
>
>
> Al
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