Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.4.7) with ESMTP id 794637 for rob@logan.com; Sun, 03 Jun 2001 12:00:56 -0400 Received: from spdmgaac.compuserve.com ([149.174.206.136]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71175U5500L550S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 10:52:39 -0400 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spdmgaac.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) id LAA22860 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 11:00:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 10:59:58 -0400 From: James Frantz Subject: Racing/$10,000 wager Sender: James Frantz To: "INTERNET:lancair.list@olsusa.com" Message-ID: <200106031100_MC3-D40D-1DEA@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> For variations in power with airspeed the relationship is: V2=3DV1 x cube root(hp2/hp1) Comparing a 160 hp 195 knot Lancair 320 to a 180 hp Lancair 360 and assuming all other parameters are equal, the difference in speed between the two aircraft due to hp alone is 7.8 knots. = In this case a 12.5% difference in hp resulted in only a 4% difference in= speed. I just thought that you hp heads should know that the relationship= between hp and speed is not linear. Another way to put this is -- to cruise your Lancair twice as fast will require 8 times the hp. Jim Frantz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>