Return-Path: Received: from [24.93.47.40] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b8) with ESMTP id 324047 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:28:38 -0400 Received-SPF: error receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.93.47.40; envelope-from=RDarrah@austin.rr.com Received: from dell (cs6669241-190.austin.rr.com [66.69.241.190]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id i6GLRsQ3027843 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:28:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <00be01c46b7b$c3815900$6401a8c0@austin.rr.com> From: "Bob Darrah" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: 11th test flight Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:27:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00BB_01C46B51.DA2E31C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BB_01C46B51.DA2E31C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Al wrote: (big snip) "Just as speed increases at as the cube root of hp, so does it decrease = as the cube root of drag." Al, shouldn't that be: so does it decrease as the drag CUBED? No = guarantee's, but from memory (poor), I thought this would be closer. Bob Darrah ------=_NextPart_000_00BB_01C46B51.DA2E31C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Al wrote: = (big=20 snip)

"Just as = speed=20 increases at as the cube root of hp, so does it decrease as the cube = root of=20 drag."

Al, = shouldn't that=20 be: so does it decrease as the drag CUBED? No guarantee's, but = from memory=20 (poor), I thought this would be closer.

Bob=20 Darrah

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