Ken Powell wrote:

This is a rather fun guessing game.  If we lose 3% power for
every 1000 ft (I'm not sure about this, I don't have my books
in front of me), then Tracy was producing 58% of max power
(14,000 ft = 14 x 3 = 42% -100% = 58%).  I remember from a
previous discussion the Tracy is estimated to be making a max
of 180 HP to 185 HP, so 185 * .58 = 107.3 HP.  This means that
Tracy would have been leaned out to a BSFC of about .47, which
also matches previous calcs.  Please don't flame me to badly
guys, just correct the math if I missed something.  Remember,
this is for fun!

Ken Powell

Sounds right to me Ken and Tracy has made the same calc's in the past
with the same conclusion. I don't allow flames :-)

Paul Lamar
 
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