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Old 23rd Feb 2012, 17:19
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Spheritech, why have you used 1 as air density at SL when it is 1.23 kg/m3?

Surely when considering the effect of downwash on objects on the ground it is better to ignore the free stream speed and just use the induced velocity ie half your equation's answer?
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