Crysta1C1ear, I totally agree with you with the fact that if we use airplane speed to calculate power, then that isn't engine power. I don't understand why the books use airplane speed instead of using prop angular speed or something.
To make things simpler, I'm going to take the engine out of...
Hi all. I'm new to this forum. I am a pilot and am tired of the "you don't need to know that to fly the plane" that I always get when I ask these type of questions.
To my question:
According to the books, a propeller-driven airplane will attain its maximum range speed at the least drag speed...