if you keep the same diameter prop... and go from a 3 blade to a 4 or 5 blade prop.... and start with the pitch merc recomends in their prop calculator. then your statement would be true.
Seriously, and i'm not being rude here.... But if you spent 12 hours a day for a month reading everything you could about props..... you still wouldn't get it. I wouldn't either. 99% of the people here wouldn't get it. And that is just props.... let alone gear ratios.
But what I do get, and quite a few people get... is that mercury gets it. If i put my trust in their charts and formulas... and if i'm not dealing with high performance... 99% of the time using what merc says will get you there every time.
To be honest, your post is labeled "debate", and there really is no debate about it. It's nothing more than cold hard math. And there is ALOT of math involved in the overall package. I can't explain to you every gear ratio and proper prop and power package. Don, and achris can't either. But we can point you to the charts that have it all spelled out.
