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Subject:Re: Does AC Affect MPG?
From:Rob
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:09:10 -0700
At  8/28/2007 05:51 PM, Keith Ovregaard wrote:
>  IIRC, most compressors rob about 5
>horse power from the engine.

When they added a freon A/C compressor to the tailrotor drive shaft
of the HH-65A helicopter (it was an automotive compressor and this
was in the late 80's) they told us it took 14 hp to operate.

Rob
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