

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses |
| From: | Blue Eyes |
| Date: | Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:10:13 -0600 |
Martin's chart of Syncro power vs. speeds was in metric units.
Many List members are more acoustomed to English units.
Here is a conversion of that table's values,
Plus a little bonus column of my own:
(kW x 1.34) (km/h / .621)
Speed Power Power Speed Tow cable
(km/h) (kW) (hp) (mph) (pounds)
30 4 5.4 18.6 108.1
40 6 8.0 24.9 121.2
50 8 10.7 31.1 129.4
60 10 13.4 37.3 134.8
70 13 17.4 43.5 150.3
80 16 21.6 49.7 163.0
90 20 26.8 55.9 179.8
100 23 30.8 62.1 186.0
110 27 36.2 68.4 198.5
Looks like we need a LARGE inline fish scale to get to 80 mph.
Anyone willing to submit a data point of speed and tension?
Join the party.
1 hp = 33,000 lb-ft/minute
1 mph = 88 ft/minute
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