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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Underdrive pullys - Any experiences?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 06:23:45 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <15524@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <1e4rq5INN3lo@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, tpickett@auspex.com (Tom Pickett) says:
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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. :-)
-
- no arguments from me..i have no idea about airplanes( :-( )...oh well..
- i was just saying that this is what i thought the author of the original
- thing was saying..not that he knows of cars that idle at 200..but i could
- easily be wrong..i do not have any idea..you didn't answer my real question,
- either( :-( ).....
-
- >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. :-)
-
- nope..not in the least..i have no confuzion..i know what i know about
- airplane motors..they fly...and the prop cannot go over mach1...or it
- can cause problems we do not know how to deal with..(and probably never
- will, since ramjet and rockets are the way to go!!!!(detect the sarcasm
- for no particular reason!!!))..sorry i didn't grab ye'ol' calculator and
- equations to figure out if it was really feasable before i posted.
- DREW
- >
- >Tom Pickett
- >tpickett@auspex.com or 74616.2237@compuserve.com
- >SHO GOZE
- >
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