{"id":8928,"date":"2024-08-03T21:16:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2024-08-03T21:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T13:20:38","slug":"ga-piston-engine-whats-full-throttle-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/ga-piston-engine-whats-full-throttle-height\/","title":{"rendered":"[GA piston engine] What&#8217;s full throttle height?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Full throttle height &#8211; Depending on the power setting, as an <strong>aircraft<\/strong> <strong>climbs<\/strong> (fitted with a <strong>fixed-pitch propeller<\/strong>), a height is reached eventually where the <strong>throttle<\/strong> will be<strong> fully open<\/strong> <strong>to maintain that power setting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Important concept:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">An aicraft can have <strong>various<\/strong> power setting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Each<\/strong> power setting has a full-throttle height!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Power-setting-vs-Pressure-Height-and-Engine-RPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8926\" src=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Power-setting-vs-Pressure-Height-and-Engine-RPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Power-setting-vs-Pressure-Height-and-Engine-RPM.png 577w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Power-setting-vs-Pressure-Height-and-Engine-RPM-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/ga-piston-engine-effect-of-increasing-height-on-power-output\/\">[GA Piston Engine] Effect of Increasing Height on Power Output \u2013 Tommy&#8217;s Diaries (tommykwan.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full throttle height &#8211; Depending on the power setting, as an aircraft climbs (fitted with a fixed-pitch propeller), a height is reached eventually where the throttle will be fully open to maintain that power setting. &nbsp; Important concept: An aicraft can have various power setting! Each power setting has a full-throttle height! &nbsp; Read more<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/ga-piston-engine-whats-full-throttle-height\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agk-airframe-engine-system","category-aviation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8928"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8932,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928\/revisions\/8932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}