Timeline for How do turbochargers aid engine performance as density altitude increases?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:59 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 1, 2014 at 17:44 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @Qantas94Heavy Yup, and around the same equivalent power production - more air to push around everywhere (in the cylinders & around the prop). | |
| Jan 1, 2014 at 10:25 | comment | added | Qantas 94 Heavy | @voretaq7: but would that not have the same internal pressures as 75% or more at standard conditions? | |
| Dec 31, 2013 at 0:22 | vote | accept | Garrison Neely | ||
| Dec 30, 2013 at 22:40 | comment | added | voretaq7 | Also worth noting that - as mentioned in the answers on the other question - normally aspirated engines will produce greater than rated power at negative density altitudes. This factor is generally ignored because it's not as substantial a difference as you see with turbochargers, but it's why I can cruise in the yellow arc at 65% power in my lowly PA28 Cherokee in winter. | |
| Dec 30, 2013 at 22:29 | history | edited | voretaq7 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Link to related question & cram some of the explanation in here too
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| Dec 30, 2013 at 22:11 | history | answered | Canuk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |