RV8 Performance Analysis

This is a nice analysis of RV8 Performance, written by Brian Wendt at the University of Iowa, for a course on aircraft propulsion systems.

I'm pleased that he used a fastback RV8 as his test subject.

http://media.aeropunk.com/pdf/RV-8-Performance-Analysis.pdf

Bottom line..

So after careful scrutiny, and exacting analysis, we can conclude...

These suckers can REALLY GET UP AND GO, BABY!!!