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Old 08-22-2014, 09:54 AM   #21 (permalink)
Superfuelgero
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
So you're going to drive your ultralight around on the roads? But I'm still confused about the why part - unless of course you're planning to take the traditional meaining of IFR (I Follow Roads*) to its logical extreme.
I wasn't going to post these so the idea wouldn't distract the technical discussion. Looks like that's been fairly well covered, so now some fun:

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But I want to do it under 103. The prop idea was to reduce weigt to allow a 4 stroke.

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That 59% is in ideal conditions as I understand it, the mathematical max that you can get before air just moves around the prop.
Hmm, interesting. Thanks.

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