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Old 01-06-2008 | 04:02 PM
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Default RE: Why the Speedboy Patriot went 170 mph

ORIGINAL: HighPlains

A pretty good explaination of prop efficiency was made in this thread by Oryx.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_43...tm.htm#4345826
I find it ironic that my prop efficiency #'s based on theoretical pitch slippage was so close to your (claimed and widely agreed upon) typical prop efficiency of 80% considering other information.

Edit - added bold words