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JAXAshby
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dogues, knock it off. your postings have no value in the real world.
From: DSK
Date: 9/1/2004 2:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Please explain further... the power/speed graph can reach infinity on
both axes? Does this mean that we can have negative horsepower? That
would make for excellent fuel efficiency!
Meindert Sprang wrote:
Sigh! With both axes I mean X and Y axis. And in our case only in the first
quadrant, where X and Y are positive.
Dammit, another great idea shot down... I thought we could have a boat
where if you put the engine in gear while you were sailing, it would
actually *produce* fuel.
Anyway, the power/speed curve will "approach infinity" much much much
sooner along the power axis (usually Y) than the speed axis (usually X).
That's the whole point.
Fresh Breezes
Doug King
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