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Old 11-23-2006 | 09:18 AM
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Default RE: Prop Load Factor (PLF)

power is simply an expression of work produced.
Watts old Horsepower formula still confuses many.
In a nutshell, you can't calculate prop efficiency with any real degree of accuracy.
you can only measure it
The interaction with the airframe - can easily reduce all the carefully developed data to garbage.
Or re stated -- the prop efficiency must be developed to suit the task.