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- Path: sparky!uunet!auspex-gw!news
- From: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Underdrive pullys - Any experiences?
- Message-ID: <15524@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:55:21 GMT
- References: <1e4rq5INN3lo@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Sender: news@auspex-gw.auspex.com
- Reply-To: tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett)
- Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc. Engineering
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- In article <1e4rq5INN3lo@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A.
- Spencer) writes:
- > i believe he was referring to the airplane thing again here?..most
- > airplanes idle at 200, and 7k doesn't hurt them a bit..now..
- > a small question..
-
-
- I'm sorry, airplane engines do not idle at 200 RPM, and if one ever
- attained 7000 RPM the propeller would be found in the next state,
- and the pistons would achieve orbit. :-)
-
- Airplanes in general do not exceed more than about 2700 RPM at the
- most. A few do -- with geared propellers the engine can turn maybe
- 3500 to 4500 RPM, but the propeller doesn't. At 2700 RPM the tips
- of a 76-inch prop are at about .8 mach, and when they go
- supersonic, bad things happen.
-
- The idle on a Continental 0-470 (6-cyl, 470 ci, 230 HP), idles at
- 800 to 1000 RPM (which the pilot sets and the mfg recommends) and
- it can idle at about 600 RPM if the throttle is fully retarded.
- This is typical of most light plane engines, in fact it is the
- second or third most popular plane in the world, and is therefore
- representative of most aircraft. The following stats are from the
- pilot's Operating handbook for the 1979 Cessna 182 (O-470-U:
-
- Maximum engine speed: 2400 RPM
- Propeller diameter: 84 inches
- Normal operating range: 2100 to 2400 RPM not to exceed 75% power.
-
- I hope this clears up any confusion people have about airplane
- engines. :-)
-
-
- Tom Pickett
- tpickett@auspex.com or 74616.2237@compuserve.com
- SHO GOZE
-