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Calculating necessary Power to generate required Thrust
Hello,
This is my first post on this site and I hope someone can help. I am building an experimental air vehicle for my final dissertation in my Transport Engineering degree course. I am trying to track down a formula I need but can't figure it out, and am tearing my hair out
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I need to calculate the combustion engine size (hp) necessary to:
Lift a given weight vertically off the ground, when driving a propeller of fixed given pitch and given diameter, running at a given rpm, for a given drag co-efficient. Assuming air density and altitude to be at sea level.
Can anyone please help,
Thankyou very much in advance. :)
Hello,
This is my first post on this site and I hope someone can help. I am building an experimental air vehicle for my final dissertation in my Transport Engineering degree course. I am trying to track down a formula I need but can't figure it out, and am tearing my hair out
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I need to calculate the combustion engine size (hp) necessary to:
Lift a given weight vertically off the ground, when driving a propeller of fixed given pitch and given diameter, running at a given rpm, for a given drag co-efficient. Assuming air density and altitude to be at sea level.
Can anyone please help,
Thankyou very much in advance. :)
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