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Originally Posted by natchris
Sorry it took so long to reply. I found various sources of information about the 3% power loss per 1000 feet. It seems to be a well known fact in aviation, that's why many planes use turbo engines. I personally felt the difference when driving non-turbo engines at high altitude before with modern engines (electronic injection is what I guess you are refereing to). If you are really interested in the details, I found this scientific article with formulas and all: http://books.google.com/books?id=DwU...MG3yA#PPA23,M1 |
You have provided me a 20 year old book about carburetors as a reference? Isn't that non-modern? My issue was with the 3% loss on modern engines. That is what I am very skeptical about and you did not address that at all.