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Old 4th August 2008, 12:06
Harri Pihl Harri Pihl is offline
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Re: Performance of the Fw 190A on the Deck?

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Originally Posted by Crumpp View Post
You didn't understand what he said.
I did; because the drag must equal thrust:

D=T

Then at constant power the thrust increase when the speed decrease because:

T = (n*W) / V

Where n is efficiency and W is engine power. Therefore the iteration process is needed to find the new balance between the drag and the thrust.