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Re: 2013, the year of the jet drive?
Forget the speed... I'm not talking mph or mpg. We all know both boats will slow down with increased loads.
If you set the throttle at 1/2 on a jet, it will give you the same rpm's loaded or empty (the load on the engine remains the same)
With a prop you will start off with less throttle and have to give it more as the load increases just to maintain the same RPM's
I'm not the one who needs to reread.... you just said the same thing I did.... at a given throttle ("unless I throttle up") load does not increase fuel gph but DOES decrease mph so thus both use more fuel to carry more weight. as you said, no exceptions
Forget the speed... I'm not talking mph or mpg. We all know both boats will slow down with increased loads.
If you set the throttle at 1/2 on a jet, it will give you the same rpm's loaded or empty (the load on the engine remains the same)
With a prop you will start off with less throttle and have to give it more as the load increases just to maintain the same RPM's