REFLECTOR: Airventure Cup Speed

[steve korney]

Thank you....

Best... Steve



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Laurence Coen" <lwcoen at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Airventure Cup Speed
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 12:36:28 -0500

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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