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Old 01-02-2009, 10:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Don't know if you've ever taxied a small plane, but it's pretty hard to do fine speed control with a prop, especially from a dead stop. There's not really a direct throttle/thrust relation, so you wind up giving a good blast to start rolling, then immediately coming off the throttle so you don't keep accelerating.
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