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Old 04-03-2003 | 05:37 PM
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PaulF
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Default Propeller Thrust Calculator

ThrustHP is nice, but does me no good at the field. I made a small spreadsheet which I uploaded to my Palm Pilot so I can get insight into different props at the field.

You can play with Excel's Solver if you like to see what RPM you should be at for a given RPM; in it's current layout, you can see if you are under-propped based upon the horsepower of the engine and the prop used. You can also check pitch speed as well as total Watts used.

http://www.flindt.us/planes/prop_performance.xls