Radiator/cowling flaps

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[fruitbat]

well, i won't argue with that chart, but funnily enough, still shows manifold pressure and rpm, which wait, let me see are the gauges the pilot actually uses, lol.

Oh, and of course those percents are actually the hp available in relation to the 100% power setting, at the other different manifold pressure/rpm settings listed, but thanks for the chart...

[palidian]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

well, i won't argue with that chart, but funnily enough, still shows manifold pressure and rpm, which wait, let me see are the gauges the pilot actually uses, lol.

Oh, and of course those percents are only the hp available in relation to the 100% power at those different manifold pressure/rpm settings, as opposed to a just a throttle setting, since you need to change the pitch to get the rpms to acheive that, but thanks for the chart...

Manifold pressure is an indicator of the supercharger, and when to change gears. The higher the altitude the less the pressure you will get. At a certain point you will shift blower gears.

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100% power

If you notice, that is always the maximum continuous rating.

It is not uncommon to see power rating that exceed that maximum continuous and in the case of the Allison V-1710 we can see there are two such ratings which exceed the 100% power capacity of the engine.

Of course exceeding that 100% power capacity represents an overloaded condition on the engine.