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Old 10th Jan 2011, 14:07
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Assuming I made no mistakes going into metric and back again, the Power / Thrust part of the calculator assumes (with consistent units):
Thrust = 0.83 x HorsePower / Speed

which is fine as far the physics goes, but I suspect the 0.83 efficiency factor might not be a universal constant!
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