+dtmdragon Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Hay guys, How do you convert prop engine Horse Power or Kilowatt figures into a SLPowerDry= figure for SF2 Prop aircraft? Cheers, Dan. Quote
Peugeot205 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 A French Cheval-Vápeur (CV) is equivalent to 736 Watts or 0,736 Kw . A "british" HP is equivalent to 1,014 french horse power.... Quote
Geary Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 I may remember this wrong, but I think in one of the Knowledge Bases there is a post with a link to a type of converter. Sorry I don't remember better. Quote
+dtmdragon Posted March 7, 2014 Author Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) The SLPowerDry= figure is in newtons so how do we convert the HP or kw into newtons? Edited March 7, 2014 by dtmdragon Quote
Gatling20 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Engine power is measured in Newton for jet engines (the non-metric unit is Pound-force), so an A-4E Skyhawk with a 8500 lb-force engine has SLThrustDry=37809.9 in the sim. But for prop aircraft it is measured in derived force (Watts, or horsepower in non-metric units). So for prop engines 1000 hp is SLPowerDry= 745699.9 in SF units (Watts). Edited March 7, 2014 by Gatling20 Quote
+Spectre8750 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 It's newtons. I use http://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/ Quote
+Wrench Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 damn! it gets more confusing all the time!!! why not find an aircraft with a similar engine (Merlin Mustang = Merlin Spit 9 -- close enough for government work -} and adjust from there? Quote
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