Opps. That should be further down on the right side of the lift to drag curve.
As RPM increases with a fixed pitch prop at a given speed the angle attack of 
the blades increase. The drag shoots up faster than the lift so the 
efficiency of the prop is reduced.

Paul Lamar
 
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