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Originally Posted by MadBlaster
agree, but better to do it than not if your p47 guy. for 190 guy, you have revealed something that I think goes ignored. sometimes it is good to over ride the vdm auto prop pitch control and go to manual mode for same reason, to keep tip speeds at optimal ranges.
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That dosn't help much, I'll show you how terribly drop of propeller efficiency for SMALLER propeller.
Again, NACA Figure24, Both fw190's 3 meter prop. and p47's 4-meter prop @19500ft , 1350rpm for propeller CSP,
1)A point=126m/s TAS=453km/h TAS=323km/h IAS
P47's advance ratio=126/(4*22.5)=1.4
fw190's advance ratio=126/(3*22.5)=1.86
2)B point=180m/s TAS=648km/h TAS=462km/h IAS
P47's advance ratio=2.0
fw190's advance ratio=2.66
3)C point=216m/s TAS=777km/h TAS=555km/h IAS=345m.p.h. IAS
P47's advance ratio=2.4
fw190's advance ratio=3.2
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B piont--->When both p47 and fw190 dive to 20000ft/462km/h IAS=287m.p.h. IAS, p47's efficiency is 70%, almost twice of fw190's 38%!
C point---->When dive to 20000ft/555km/h IAS=345 mph IAS, fw190 almost lost its propellerthrust while p47's remaining 55%.
So when speed building up @high altitude, the third part of acceleration formular will also be p47's advantage. Thus we could image how "Thunderbolt" really is!
P47's exhaust turbine boost leads to the lost of exhaust boost for propeller, but that can't help fw190 much.
Finally, we can completely understand why Republic's engineers want the biggest propeller as possible.