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Old 26th March 2006 | 01:44
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22clipper
 
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Originally Posted by Flingwing207
Because the engine makes more power for a given MP, the rotor RPM would rise for a fixed collective setting, so the governer closes the throttle to maintain RPM.
So if a piston engine makes more power for a given MP as we climb how come we run out of grunt? I thought the ceiling was because the motor is starved of oxygen at 12, 000'
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