Propeller Thrust Figures
I asked this question before and was given permission to restart the thread sometime back. Basically the question revolves around how must thrust a propeller can produce.
Before we dive into propeller thrust calculation figures (which is of limited use as I don't know what figures to input for certain aircraft designs because I don't know enough about the geometry of the props), I could use some actual figures from real aircraft.
The first questions pertain to WW2 fighter planes, regarding basically how much thrust, and how many pounds of thrust were produced per horsepower at takeoff-power, at climb-speeds, at cruise-speeds/altitudes, at maximum speed and so forth. If that's undoable, I could just use some figures to look at.
Basically, the airplanes of major interest are the following
FIGHTERS
F4U Corsair
- F4U-1A:
- F4U-4:
P-51 Mustang
- P-51C
- P-51D:
F6F Hellcat
- F6F-3:
F8F Bearcat
- F8F-1:
- F8F-2:
ATTACK
A-20 Havoc
- A-20G:
A-26 Invader
- A-26C:
BOMBERS
B-17 Flying Fortress
- B-17B:
- B-17G:
B-36 Peacemaker
- B-36A:
B-50 Superfortress
- B-50B: