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Originally Posted by Graham Boak
Harri: your calculation shows an even smaller change than mine, but given the respective assumptions we are clearly in the same ballpark. My estimate of 15% induced drag may be out by some percent, but equally I don't think that any Typhoon actually achieved 2200hp at its top speed, which I think you may be overstating. Perhaps some of the later Tempests did. Actual performance of the Sabre is not defined very well in the references I have.
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I just used some quick and dirty values out of hat for the demonstration; the purpose was just to show the correct approach for this kind of calculation.