Recent content by Strawn

I would love to run the math on this, but there seems to be some missing information. Like G-loading maximums. I've 'danced' with these equations, and a few more, for months now to meet a performance modeling requirement for gaming. I've reviewed this forum for insite toward the task, and...

Why is it that every thread I visit to review aircraft performance seems to always end up with a reference to the Ta 152H?

Okaaaaay. Almost sounds like an impossible task, considering the need for HP performance graphs not withstanding the propellor efficiency or 'power-transmission efficiency' (i.e., eta) issues. (As you can see, I am new enough to this field that I have to create phrases to describe some of the...

Got it. I can see the difficulty with the need to map over the entire velocity/altitude scale. Am I correct in assuming that boost figures are only necessary when the HP required includes it (i.e., to simplify absurdly, you don't push the RED GO FAST button at 50% throttle)?

Thanks for your quick response and the outline of the 'project' goals. After 'chasing the math' a little longer, and reading more on the subject, I was able isolate the problem. For what it is worth, I'll share my 'insight'. L/Dmax, being defined as when Drag is at its minimum, I plotted the...

Gentlemen, I am new to the 'aeronautics field' and was examining this 'thread' as a mechanism to understand some of the basics, mainly to establish a more simplistic model for the comparison of aircraft in this time period. The following is an anomaly that perhaps you help clarify for my...