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Old 01-10-2012 | 08:25 AM
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Default RE: Thrust table

you will find yourself entering a very complicated realm.
Static pull is one of the conditions, where efficiency is zero because plane speed is zero.
In flight, things change a lot.
Many prop manufacturers do not state true pitch, so to get a comparison going, you need to determine the true pitch. You also need to know the zero lift angle of the airfoil used in the propeller, and compensate for that in the pitch number.
Then you will know at what airspeed and prop rpm the thrust has tapered off to zero. This is the second point where efficiency is zero, this time because thrust is zero. In between static and max speed. a lot of things can happen