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Hi Guys, While some of you Kool Kats were taking terrific pics of old warplanes at airshows and museums, the rest of us have been plodding on as usual. Tonight, three of us at work removed an engine from one of our aeroplanes and were messing about with our phone cameras after we'd finished the...

I was just looking at this report and found an interesting table on the effect of cowl flap operation on speed. Cowl Flap PositionCowl Flap Opening (in)True Speed (mph)Speed Loss (mph) Closed0284- 1/4 Open1-5/82786 1/2 Open3-1/426420 3/4 Open4-7/824935 Wide Open6-1/223648 This is...