F4u-4 and F8F

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by pandacat

Thanks for the tips. I have question on your PP usage. I read WD's writing on PP. He said it's ideal to always keep RPM with in the power band. For corsair, it's between 2700-2600. Within that band, you get highest thrust. If you drop PP down to between 80% to 90%, you will only get 2500 in level flight. With less thrust, how would you be able to go fast?

Not to put words in horseback's mouth... but I would assume he's talking about running the aircraft efficiently. So you can run at 100% pitch/throttle but you'll generate more heat. Either short bursts of top speed and then throttling back or longer sustained periods of almost top speed is faster overall.

[pandacat]

Oh, I see your point. But in terms of pure thrust and acceleration, higher RPM the better, right?

[pandacat]

Just a quick tactical example. I started off with low speed behind a cruising Zero at the same altitude. If I want to catch up with him, I would first throttle to max and RPM to 2700 to provide max thrust and acceleration. After I attain a high speed, I would lower RPM and throttle back to maintain it? Does my way make sense?