Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:20:38 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d07.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.39] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.3) with ESMTP id 1942197 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:24:00 -0500 Received: from Newlan2dl@aol.com by imo-d07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id q.11b.1c088b8a (4184) for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:23:57 -0500 (EST) From: Newlan2dl@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <11b.1c088b8a.2b4283ec@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:23:56 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Scimitar Prop vs. Original Hartzell Prop - Comparis on X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10637 Actually, since drag is non linear but increases by the square of the velocity for parasitic drag, the increase seen is greater than suggested. That extra 13 knots which gives an increase of 6.7% in speed (208-195/195) took a very large increase in efficiency to achieve. Dan Newland