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I actually looked in a British glossary and couldn't find it there either.
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I actually looked in a British glossary and couldn't find it there either.I would take a pass on this one. You may not find "combat power" In US manuals.
You might find it in British manuals?
Unfortunately some rather well known authors have used it, rightly or wrongly, Like Francis Dean in AHT.
For instance he used in the acceleration tables I referenced above. This does tend to scramble things.
AS long as every body KNOWS that "combat Power" refers to WEP or WER or some other power level above "military power" I personally don't have a problem with it.
Unfortunately some people don't know the difference.
In the case of the P-39 the difference is mute as the plane can't make anything higher than military power above about 15,500ft.
Can't use the mail or on-line? Only time I go is if a photo has to be taken.I've always heard that about attaining American drivers licenses and renewals. Where I am now and back in my home town of 20K+, I was in and out in less than 20 minutes tops
I've seen some separate training manuals written for combat aircraft, never saw one for the P-39I just had a thought (dont be alarmed). The P-39 was used a lot as a trainer, are some of these documents applicable to pilot training not operations?
In a training aircraft you may well want the pilot to think for himself for his flight, what he learns doing that is then put into the demands of a mission in service as Bill has described a few times. they are related but different skillsI've seen some separate training manuals written for combat aircraft, never saw one for the P-39
Bill, you rock!
Each state has it's own Department of Motor Vehicles, but oddly enough, the people that staff them all seem to have the same disposition regardless of geographical location.
In all the years of dealing with civil servants, I have rarely had a pleasant (or timely) experience.
Pretty much...So, uncivil servants?
There was a television comedy in which Satan comes to Earth to meet his mortal son (deal gone bad). The son has been compelled to bring escaped souls to the portal of Hell. The portal to Hell is at the DMV.
This is pretty much how we view the DMV here in the U.S.
I dont see what is so difficult to understand but I used to drive between all these places and it is exactly the same for a car if you substitute altitude for passengers. Try booling along at 100mph with three passengers and 4 suitcases with a two litre car, you use almost exactly three times the fuel that you use driving alone at 80-90MPH but with petrol stops and screw ups on the motorway, it takes the same amount of time.Bill, you rock!
I dont see what is so difficult to understand but I used to drive between all these places and it is exactly the same for a car if you substitute altitude for passengers. Try booling along at 100mph with three passengers and 4 suitcases with a two litre car, you use almost exactly three times the fuel that you use driving alone at 80-90MPH but with petrol stops and screw ups on the motorway, it takes the same amount of time.
Well there are no mountains in that area it is almost completely flat, but from the German Border you climb up and before Hanover you descend (on average even on an autobahn it is up and down). On a car with instantaneous and average consumption on the "computer" it was 4 MPG more east to west than west to east. Driving in and around the Alps is a whole new ball game, especially if a tunnel gets shut.Or where I live, in the aptly-named Hill Country of Texas, with regular climbs and valleys of up to 600 foot or so, at up to 20% gradients. If you want to maintain speed in the climb, you downshift, increasing revs and manifold pressure, which fuel loss you don't regain on the backside of the hill because you must still 1) be in gear (meaning you're then [finally!] at efficient cruise, for a few moments), and 2) still make adjustments for traffic flow and safe spacing between vehicles, which requires fuel as well as braking.
I have no doubt your experience driving in the mountains, not hills, of Europe, underlines this point even further.
Well there are no mountains in that area it is almost completely flat, but from the German Border you climb up and before Hanover you descend (on average even on an autobahn it is up and down). On a car with instantaneous and average consumption on the "computer" it was 4 MPG more east to west than west to east. Driving in and around the Alps is a whole new ball game, especially if a tunnel gets shut.
Committed internal fuel with zero cruise fuel available =27 TO/Form, 46 for combat, 20 for reserve -----------> more than 87 gallons. How far can you cruise from A to Hamburg and Hamburg to London? on 120 gallon internal tank.?
Test weights were average weight for that flight, starting with full fuel and landing with a small reserve. British used 95% of published gross weight as the noted weight in their tests. None of the official Wright Field tests were noted at the published gross weight of the plane. None in wwiiaircraftperformance.org anyway.