my thoughts on propeller pitch

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Ok, you're right, I wasn't looking at the crude or approximate in your statement, I got distracted by the simplistic formula, haha. I was looking for something precise, which takes propller diameter into account, as well as the delta V (how do you type those in Windows anyways?).

The formula I posted DOES take diameter into account, but the diameter term is hidden away in the efficiency term. I type Δ by going into the character map. It's not in the ASCII character set so I don't think it has an ALT+XXXX code.

[Lololopoulos]

delta is a greek letter, so in windows, you would go to control panel and add the greek keyboard and Δ is the D key. After you add the greek keyboard, you can switch around different languages by pressing alt+shift.
i work with multiple languages all the time, this is the way I would recommend to type Greek letters.