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Old 05-30-2012, 07:55 AM
BlackBerry BlackBerry is offline
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Originally Posted by Crumpp View Post
Not in the envelope of the aircraft. It is a CSP.
CSP could maintain constant efficiency roughly when speed of propeller tip is below 0.85. Please check 3-blades efficiency curve, when advance ratio is far greater than 2.2, namely when prop tip is approaching 1 Mach, the story changes. A CSP will lose efficiency inevitably at high speed diving(a/c noise louder and louder).

Btw, CSP will also lose efficiency when TAS is very very low.

Last edited by BlackBerry; 05-30-2012 at 10:19 AM.
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