| Subject: | Europa-List: Re: power settings | 
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| From: | rampil <ira.rampil@gmail.com> | 
| Date: | Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:58:40 | 
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A small follow-up on the power vs altitude issue.
The power increase that occurs with altitude at constant MAP
is due to the drop in pressure to which exhaust gas is vented.
Lowry, JT: Performance of Light Aircraft (AIAA, 1999) page 129.
See also Gagg & Farrar (1934) Altitude Performance of Aircraft Engines
    equipped with Gear Driven Superchargers.  Soc. Automotive Engineers
    Trans.  29:217-233
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