ORIGINAL: Mike Connor
ORIGINAL: Flying freak
well you could take the above speed and add what ever speed the plane is traveling at if the aircraft is traveling at 100mph than the tip is going another 100mph faster (just now its in a "cork screw" pattern). You don't really have to take into consideration of the direction of the prop do you[&:]?
Wrong! Use the formula to calculate actual tip speed. If the tip speed is 500 mph and the aircraft is moving 100 mph forward the actual tip speed is only about 510 mph.
but how can that be i mean lets say you ahve a deadstick at 200mph and manage to keep 200mph your entire aircraft is flying at 200mph wing tail battery everythign, right? how does this also not apply to the prop? i mean the engine is travelling 200mph so it should just be a simple addition ...
unless you can think of a reason it wouldnt be..