Fixed-pitch propeller/piston aircraft operations at partial throttle

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-503

  Lowry, John T ^a  

^a Flight Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; BRAKES; ENGINE PISTONS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TORQUE;

BOOTSTRAP APPROACH; ENGINE POWER; ENGINE TORQUE; FIXED PITCH PROPELLER; LEVEL CRUISE SPEEDS; PARTIAL THROTTLE; PROPELLER POLAR;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032677837     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5471     Document Type: Article

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