Rolls Royce Turbo Jet Engine for Blue Birds

[davidkerryedwards]

Just crunched the numbers. Comparing a 210hp NA with a 250hp T, if
there is a 30% loss on the NA, and none on the T, there is a 70%
horsepower advantage with the T at altitude.



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
wrote:
>
> The main advantage I see in a turbo is maintaining sea-level
> horsepower at altitude. Here in Colorado an NA engine looses about
> 30% of its horsepower going over the passes, strictly as a result of
> the thin air. A turbo overcomes most of that loss. At lower
> elevations, the advantage is much less significant in my opinion.
>
> Kerry
> Denver
>