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Old 02-19-2009 | 12:16 PM
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Default RE: prop/reduction drive calculation

This is easily calculated in a spread sheet program. Diameter changes to the square root of the ratio and pitch changes proportionally to the ratio for a given power and pitch speed. If you halve RPM, the prop diameter needs to increase by square root of 2 and pitch must be doubled to maintain the same engine load and pitch speed.