On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 07:29 +0000, Ron Jensen wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 10:44 -0700, John Denker wrote:
> > But there may also be issues with the prop efficiency at ultra-low > > airspeed (high blade angle of attack). > > Low blade angle of attack? Increasing airspeed increases blade AoA > assuming RPM is held constant. Sorry, I was thinking about the angle of the relative wind to the prop disk not the individual blade AoA. You are correct, the individual blade AoA is highest with no forward velocity. I've been too deep in propeller theory lately :) Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
