Thanks BA. So no free lunches!
The Baron range chart looks odd because it lists power settings, not actual power produced - the decreasing then increasing range with altitude a product of the power produced rising then falling.
Does anyone have a chart that has power or fuel flow plotted against range and altitude? Thanks Brian A for the theoretical chart but it takes a chart with numbers and speeds etc on it for this noggin to comprehend properly. (or would such a chart just have a series of vertical lines representing power?)
And while we are at it, can it be explained in layman's why an aircraft indicating 120 knots at 10000ft requires more power than 120KIAS at SL? What is the extra power going to? Losses due velocity induced drag rather than drag related to dynamic pressures? It was probabnly all explained in the naval aviators thingy but not simply enough it seems
Last edited by Lumps; 29th September 2012 at 11:59.