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Old 1st October 2003 | 04:26
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IO540
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From: EuroGA.org
If both have IDENTICAL props rotating at identical RPM, there can't possibly be any difference in performance.

But a 180hp plane with have a slightly coarser pitch prop (and/or a larger prop) than a 160hp plane, in order to achieve the same RPM with the throttle and mixture both fully forward (the sea level 100% rated hp setting).
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