Aircraft in aces high II

[Warpy]

Word  

I know you really meant...."Werd".



edit: sorry, I see I was a little late on that one

Bottom line is someone is confusing potential vs kinetic....back to my cave...

[mensa180]

Gotta say I've enjoyed reading the boards a lot more ever since HT started talking physics with other aerojunkies.

[Tupac]

Say WHAAAATTTT?

HT been watching maury povich again

[Jayhawk]

Gotta say I've enjoyed reading the boards a lot more ever since HT started talking physics with other aerojunkies.

You junkies are all the same, always looking for your next hit. 

[whipster22]

 

[hitech]

Gotta say I've enjoyed reading the boards a lot more ever since HT started talking physics with other aerojunkies.

You truly are a sick man, I suggest you seek help

HiTech

[Yarbles]

Also, I don't buy that part about him being a "trained air frames engineer". Seems like an engineer would have better spelling and grammar.

That's a foolish thing to say  .

[Nemisis]

Its foolish to think a man with a degree and who is a trained engineer to use spelling and grammar above the level of a 10yr old?

[gyrene81]

Amazing, the OP hasn't responded since his original post claiming to be an "air frames engineer".

His mother must have grounded him from the computer.

[Nemisis]

Ok now I am confused? What produces thrust or in this case more thrust if not the engine??  I are NOT an engineer

I guess you could argue that the prop creates the thrust. But the engine is what spins the prop. So you WOULD need a more powerfull engine to keep a plane moving forward (from the pilot's point of view) as the angle of climb increases.

You would need a power to weight ratio of at least 1:1 to maintain your current velocity at a 90degree angle of climb (strait up), and at least 1.00000000000..........1 :1 to accelerate (however slowly) when in a 90degree angle of climb.

Just saw this and had to answer it, sorry.

[gyrene81]

What about prop pitch Nemesis? No pitch whatsoever and the engine could churn out 15,000hp and get nothing more than a good whirring noise. Too much pitch and the thing would only roll to one side, like a paddle boat wheel.  Obviously no prop, no go. Put a prop on with the right pitch and less horsepower is required to create thrust.

[Nemisis]

Yes, but I would group that with the prop. The engine is what is doing the real work. Just as you could have an engine spinning a blade with no pitch and get no forward movment, you could have a rubber band spinning a prop optimized for maximum thrust (starting from 0mph) and still get no forward movment.

[dtango]

You would need a power to weight ratio of at least 1:1 to maintain your current velocity at a 90degree angle of climb (strait up), and at least 1.00000000000..........1 :1 to accelerate (however slowly) when in a 90degree angle of climb.

Just saw this and had to answer it, sorry.

Please correct your answer .  It's not good to confuse people.

Tango
412th FS Braunco Mustangs

[hitech]

Nemisis: You are randomly interchanging words thrust and power.

You need a THRUST to weight ratio of 1. The POWER required for any climb angle is NOT really a consideration.


HiTech

[Nemisis]

Yeah, it was like 11  o'clock where I live. You're lucky I was still forming coherent scentences by that time  .