On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:18:26 GMT, "xerj" wrote:

Gettin' a bit confused here. (nothing new in that)

In the big sprawling thread I started down below, there's been a couple of
themes that have come up.

One is that I am pretty sure that for the same IAS (not TAS) at a higher
altitude, more power is required. However, one contributor to the thread has
stated that this is not the case:-

That would be true, but probably not doable.
Besides at altitude you fly a much lower IAS with out trying to boost
the power. You fly at a lower IAS due to lower air density at the
higher altitudes which is also the reason for the wider spread between
IAS and TAS.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com