I thought we had finished with this subject.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
To: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>; "Amps" <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] RE : who needs it? Henry 8K
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> At 11:16 PM 5/24/2006 -0400, you wrote:
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> But does anyone other than a complete nut
> exceed those speeds by 50%? 100%? 200%?
>
> Above about 50 MPH the power required is proportional to the speed
> cubed! 100% increase ,say 50 to 100 MPH ,requires 8 times as much power
> 200
> % increase 50 to 150 MPH 27 times as much horse power. A 26% increase in
> speed amounts to a doubling of power.
>
> The engine of a car traveling at a speed of 75 MPH is producing about 2.5
> times than it would at 55 MPH. So that is like running almost 4kW instead
> of 1.5 kW.
>
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
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> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
>
>>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
>>Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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