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Old 7th Sep 2010, 12:16
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Captahab
 
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I don't know anything about King Air's but using a generic example.

Lets say you are at 1800 prop rpm and your torque is 70%, now reduce that prop rpm to 1500.

1800/1500 = 1.2

Your torque should increase by the factor of 1.2 (1.2 x 70) to 84% if you change nothing else.
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