Drag chart: Vampire FB.31 vs. Meteor F.8 G.

41K
D0 (Parasite) (lb) (V) Di (Induced) (lb) (V) Drag (Total) (lb) (V) D0 (Parasite) (lb) (M) Di (Induced) (lb) (M) Drag (Total) (lb) (M)

Thrust Req. / Power Req. / Power Avail. Vampire FB.31 vs. Meteor F.8 G.41K
4000
Power Req. Power Req. Drag (Total) (lb) (V) Drag (Total) (lb) (M) Nene II Force (lb*f) Derwent 8 Force (lb*f) Nene II Power (HP) Derwent 8 Power (HP)

10000
3733.333

9333.333
3466.667

8666.667
3200

8000
2933.333

7333.333
2666.667

6666.667

2400

6000
Force in Pounds (lb)

2133.333

Force in Pounds (lb)

5333.333

1866.667

4666.667

1600
4000

1333.333
3333.333

1066.667
2666.667

800
2000

533.333
1333.333

266.667 666.667

0 0
90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 250 270 290 310 330 350 370 390 410 430 450 470 490 510 90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 250 270 290 310 330 350 370 390 410 430 450 470 490 510
Aircraft Speeds in MPH Aircraft Speeds in MPH

Specific Excess Power: Vampire FB.31 vs. Meteor F.8 G.41K

Power Req. Power Req. Nene II SEP Derwent 8 SEP

6000

5600

5200

4800

4400

4000

3600
Force in Pounds (lb)

3200

2800

2400

2000

1600

1200

800

400

0
90 110 130 150 170 190 210 230 250 270 290 310 330 350 370 390 410 430 450 470 490 510
Aircraft Speeds in MPH
 CD - CD0 - CDi as a function of a speed (Vampire) Total Drag - Parasite Drag - Induced Drag as a function of a speed (lb) (Vampire)

Speed Speed D0 (Parasite) (lb)

CD0 CDi CD (MPH) Di (Induced) (lb) (V) Drag (Total) (lb) (V)
(MPH) (V)
90 0.0141 0.1221919759 0.1362919759 90 78.0709748 676.5706858 754.6416606
100 0.0141 0.08017015537 0.09427015537 100 96.38391951 548.0222555 644.406175
110 0.0141 0.05475729484 0.06885729484 110 116.6245426 452.910955 569.5354976
120 0.0141 0.03866230487 0.05276230487 120 138.7928441 380.5710108 519.3638549
130 0.0141 0.02806979986 0.04216979986 130 162.888824 324.273524 487.1623479
140 0.0141 0.02086894923 0.03496894923 140 188.9124822 279.6031916 468.5156738
150 0.0141 0.01583608007 0.02993608007 150 216.8638189 243.5654469 460.4292658
160 0.0141 0.0122329949 0.0263329949 160 246.7428339 214.0711936 460.8140275
170 0.0141 0.009598802142 0.02369880214 170 278.5495274 189.627078 468.1766054
180 0.0141 0.007636998492 0.02173699849 180 312.2838992 169.1426714 481.4265707
190 0.0141 0.006151744951 0.02025174495 190 347.9459494 151.806719 499.7526684
200 0.0141 0.005010634711 0.01911063471 200 385.535678 137.0055639 522.5412419
210 0.0141 0.004122261577 0.01822226158 210 425.053085 124.2680851 549.3211702
220 0.0141 0.003422330927 0.01752233093 220 466.4981704 113.2277387 579.7259092
230 0.0141 0.002864846658 0.01696484666 230 509.8709342 103.5958895 613.4668237
240 0.0141 0.002416394054 0.01651639405 240 555.1713764 95.14275269 650.3141291
250 0.0141 0.002052355978 0.01615235598 250 602.3994969 87.68356088 690.0830578
260 0.0141 0.001754362491 0.01585436249 260 651.5552959 81.06838099 732.6236769
270 0.0141 0.001508542912 0.01560854291 270 702.6387732 75.17452064 777.8132939
280 0.0141 0.001304309327 0.01540430933 280 755.6499289 69.90079789 825.5507268
290 0.0141 0.001133497936 0.01523349794 290 810.5887631 65.1631695 875.7519326
300 0.0141 0.0009897550046 0.015089755 300 867.4552756 60.89136172 928.3466373
310 0.0141 0.0008680923918 0.01496809239 310 926.2494665 57.02624927 983.2757158
320 0.0141 0.0007645621812 0.01486456218 320 986.9713358 53.51779839 1040.489134
330 0.0141 0.0006760159857 0.01477601599 330 1049.620883 50.32343944 1099.944323
340 0.0141 0.0005999251339 0.01469992513 340 1114.19811 47.40676951 1161.604879
350 0.0141 0.0005342451004 0.0146342451 350 1180.703014 44.73651065 1225.439525
360 0.0141 0.0004773124058 0.01457731241 360 1249.135597 42.28566786 1291.421265
370 0.0141 0.0004277655728 0.01452776557 370 1319.495858 40.03084408 1359.526702
380 0.0141 0.0003844840594 0.01448448406 380 1391.783798 37.95167974 1429.735477
390 0.0141 0.000346540739 0.01444654074 390 1465.999416 36.03039155 1502.029807
400 0.0141 0.0003131646694 0.01441316467 400 1542.142712 34.25139097 1576.394103
410 0.0141 0.0002837117342 0.01438371173 410 1620.213687 32.60096701 1652.814654
420 0.0141 0.0002576413486 0.01435764135 420 1700.21234 31.06702129 1731.279361
430 0.0141 0.0002344978704 0.01433449787 430 1782.138672 29.63884562 1811.777517
440 0.0141 0.000213895683 0.01431389568 440 1865.992682 28.30693468 1894.299616
450 0.0141 0.0001955071614 0.01429550716 450 1951.77437 27.06282743 1978.837197
460 0.0141 0.0001790529161 0.01427905292 460 2039.483737 25.89897238 2065.382709
470 0.0141 0.000164293845 0.01426429384 470 2129.120782 24.80861274 2153.929395
480 0.0141 0.0001510246284 0.01425102463 480 2220.685505 23.78568817 2244.471194
490 0.0141 0.0001390683831 0.01423906838 490 2314.177907 22.82475033 2337.002658
500 0.0141 0.0001282722486 0.01422827225 500 2409.597988 21.92089022 2431.518878
510 0.0141 0.0001185037302 0.01421850373 510 2506.945746 21.06967534 2528.015422
520 0.0141 0.0001096476557 0.01420964766 520 2606.221184 20.26709525 2626.488279

CD - CD0 - CDi as a function of a speed (Meteor) Total Drag - Parasite Drag - Induced Drag as a function of a speed (lb) (Meteor)

Speed Speed D0 (Parasite) (lb)

CD0 CDi CD (MPH) Di (Induced) (lb) (M) Drag (Total) (lb) (M)
(MPH) (M)
90 0.0162 0.2111800783 0.2273800783 90 117.1436318 1527.061812 1644.205444
100 0.0162 0.1385552494 0.1547552494 100 144.6217677 1236.920067 1381.541835
110 0.0162 0.09463509965 0.1108350996 110 174.9923389 1022.24799 1197.240329
120 0.0162 0.06681869666 0.08301869666 120 208.2553455 858.9722691 1067.227615
130 0.0162 0.04851204418 0.06471204418 130 244.4107874 731.9053654 976.3161528
140 0.0162 0.03606706825 0.05226706825 140 283.4586647 631.0816671 914.5403318
150 0.0162 0.02736893815 0.04356893815 150 325.3989773 549.7422522 875.1412295
160 0.0162 0.02114185324 0.03734185324 160 370.2317253 483.1719013 853.4036267
170 0.0162 0.01658927089 0.03278927089 170 417.9569087 428.0000233 845.956932
180 0.0162 0.0131987549 0.0293987549 180 468.5745274 381.7654529 850.3399803
190 0.0162 0.01063184363 0.02683184363 190 522.0845814 342.6371378 864.7217192
200 0.0162 0.008659703087 0.02485970309 200 578.4870708 309.2300169 887.7170877
210 0.0162 0.007124359161 0.02332435916 210 637.7819956 280.4807409 918.2627365
220 0.0162 0.005914693728 0.02211469373 220 699.9693557 255.5619974 955.5313531
230 0.0162 0.004951213346 0.02115121335 230 765.0491512 233.822319 998.8714702
240 0.0162 0.004176168541 0.02037616854 240 833.021382 214.7430673 1047.764449
250 0.0162 0.003547014384 0.01974701438 250 903.8860482 197.9072108 1101.793259
260 0.0162 0.003032002762 0.01923200276 260 977.6431497 182.9763413 1160.619491
270 0.0162 0.002607161461 0.01880716146 270 1054.292687 169.6735346 1223.966221
280 0.0162 0.002254191766 0.01845419177 280 1133.834659 157.7704168 1291.605076
290 0.0162 0.001958984469 0.01815898447 290 1216.269066 147.077297 1363.346363
300 0.0162 0.001710558634 0.01791055863 300 1301.595909 137.4355631 1439.031472
310 0.0162 0.001500293436 0.01770029344 310 1389.815188 128.7117656 1518.526953
320 0.0162 0.001321365828 0.01752136583 320 1480.926901 120.7929753 1601.719877
330 0.0162 0.001168334564 0.01736833456 330 1574.93105 113.58311 1688.51416
340 0.0162 0.001036829431 0.01723682943 340 1671.827635 107.0000058 1778.827641
350 0.0162 0.0009233169472 0.01712331695 350 1771.616654 100.9730667 1872.589721
360 0.0162 0.000824922181 0.01702492218 360 1874.29811 95.44136323 1969.739473
370 0.0162 0.0007392921387 0.01693929214 370 1979.872 90.35208674 2070.224087
380 0.0162 0.000664490227 0.01686449023 380 2088.338326 85.65928445 2173.99761
390 0.0162 0.0005989141257 0.01679891413 390 2199.697087 81.32281837 2281.019905
400 0.0162 0.0005412314429 0.01674123144 400 2313.948283 77.30750422 2391.255788
410 0.0162 0.0004903289747 0.01669032897 410 2431.091915 73.58239545 2504.674311
420 0.0162 0.0004452724475 0.01664527245 420 2551.127982 70.12018523 2621.248168
430 0.0162 0.0004052743912 0.01660527439 430 2674.056485 66.89670457 2740.95319
440 0.0162 0.000369668358 0.01656966836 440 2799.877423 63.89049935 2863.767922
450 0.0162 0.0003378881253 0.01653788813 450 2928.590796 61.08247247 2989.673269
460 0.0162 0.0003094508341 0.01650945083 460 3060.196605 58.45557975 3118.652184
470 0.0162 0.0002839432524 0.01648394325 470 3194.694849 55.99457073 3250.689419
480 0.0162 0.0002610105338 0.01646101053 480 3332.085528 53.68576682 3385.771295
490 0.0162 0.0002403469771 0.01644034698 490 3472.368643 51.51687078 3523.885513
500 0.0162 0.000221688399 0.0164216884 500 3615.544193 49.4768027 3665.020995
510 0.0162 0.0002048058134 0.01640480581 510 3761.612178 47.55555815 3809.167736
520 0.0162 0.0001895001726 0.01638950017 520 3910.572599 45.74408533 3956.316684
 DH Goblin III RR Derwent 8 x 2

MPH Nene II Force Nene II Power (HP) Nene II SEP MPH Derwent 8 Derwent 8 Power (HP) Derwent 8 SEP
(lb*f) Force (lb*f)

90 5,000 1200 1,021 90 7,200 1728 1,332

100 5,000 1333.333333 1,163 100 7,200 1920 1,551
110 5,000 1466.666667 1,301 110 7,200 2112 1,760
120 5,000 1600 1,435 120 7,200 2304 1,962
130 5,000 1733.333333 1,566 130 7,200 2496 2,157
140 5,000 1866.666667 1,693 140 7,200 2688 2,346
150 5,000 2000 1,817 150 7,200 2880 2,529
160 5,000 2133.333333 1,938 160 7,200 3072 2,707
170 5,000 2266.666667 2,055 170 7,200 3264 2,879
180 5,000 2400 2,170 180 7,200 3456 3,047
190 5,000 2533.333333 2,281 190 7,200 3648 3,209
200 5,000 2666.666667 2,388 200 7,200 3840 3,365
210 5,000 2800 2,493 210 7,200 4032 3,516
220 5,000 2933.333333 2,593 220 7,200 4224 3,662
230 5,000 3066.666667 2,690 230 7,200 4416 3,802
240 5,000 3200 2,784 240 7,200 4608 3,936
250 5,000 3333.333333 2,873 250 7,200 4800 4,064
260 5,000 3466.666667 2,958 260 7,200 4992 4,185
270 5,000 3600 3,039 270 7,200 5184 4,300
280 5,000 3733.333333 3,116 280 7,200 5376 4,409
290 5,000 3866.666667 3,188 290 7,200 5568 4,511
300 5,000 4000 3,256 300 7,200 5760 4,606
310 5,000 4133.333333 3,319 310 7,200 5952 4,693
320 5,000 4266.666667 3,377 320 7,200 6144 4,774
330 5,000 4400 3,430 330 7,200 6336 4,846
340 5,000 4533.333333 3,478 340 7,200 6528 4,911
350 5,000 4666.666667 3,520 350 7,200 6720 4,968
360 5,000 4800 3,558 360 7,200 6912 5,016
370 5,000 4933.333333 3,589 370 7,200 7104 5,056
380 5,000 5066.666667 3,615 380 7,200 7296 5,087
390 5,000 5200 3,634 390 7,200 7488 5,109
400 5,000 5333.333333 3,648 400 7,200 7680 5,123
410 5,000 5466.666667 3,655 410 7,200 7872 5,126
420 5,000 5600 3,656 420 7,200 8064 5,120
430 5,000 5733.333333 3,651 430 7,200 8256 5,105
440 5,000 5866.666667 3,639 440 7,200 8448 5,079
450 5,000 6000 3,620 450 7,200 8640 5,043
460 5,000 6133.333333 3,594 460 7,200 8832 4,996
470 5,000 6266.666667 3,560 470 7,200 9024 4,939
480 5,000 6400 3,520 480 7,200 9216 4,871
490 5,000 6533.333333 3,472 490 7,200 9408 4,791
500 5,000 6666.666667 3,416 500 7,200 9600 4,700
510 5,000 6800 3,353 510 7,200 9792 4,598
520 5,000 6933.333333 3,282 520 7,200 9984 4,483

Power Required (HP) (Vampire) Power Required (HP) (Meteor)

Speed (MPH) Speed (Kt) Power Req. Speed (MPH) Speed (Kt) Power Req.
90 78.20786177 179 90 78.20786177 308
100 86.89762419 170 100 86.89762419 292
110 95.58738661 166 110 95.58738661 283
120 104.277149 165 120 104.277149 280
130 112.9669114 168 130 112.9669114 283
140 121.6566739 174 140 121.6566739 292
150 130.3464363 183 150 130.3464363 306
160 139.0361987 196 160 139.0361987 326
170 147.7259611 212 170 147.7259611 350
180 156.4157235 230 180 156.4157235 380
190 165.105486 253 190 165.105486 415
200 173.7952484 278 200 173.7952484 456
210 182.4850108 307 210 182.4850108 502
220 191.1747732 340 220 191.1747732 554
230 199.8645356 376 230 199.8645356 612
240 208.5542981 416
240 208.5542981 675
250 217.2440605 460
250 217.2440605 746
260 225.9338229 508
260 225.9338229 822
270 234.6235853 561
270 234.6235853 906
280 243.3133477 617
280 243.3133477 996
290 252.0031102 678
290 252.0031102 1,094
300 260.6928726 744
300 260.6928726 1,199
310 269.382635 814
310 269.382635 1,312
320 278.0723974 890
320 278.0723974 1,432
330 286.7621598 970
330 286.7621598 1,561
340 295.4519222 1,055
340 295.4519222 1,698
350 304.1416847 1,146
350 304.1416847 1,843
360 312.8314471 1,242
360 312.8314471 1,997
370 321.5212095 1,344
370 321.5212095 2,161
380 330.2109719 1,452
380 330.2109719 2,333
390 338.9007343 1,566
390 338.9007343 2,515
400 347.5904968 1,685
410 356.2802592 1,811 400 347.5904968 2,707

420 364.9700216 1,944 410 356.2802592 2,909

430 373.659784 2,083 420 364.9700216 3,121

440 382.3495464 2,228 430 373.659784 3,343

450 391.0393089 2,380 440 382.3495464 3,577
460 399.7290713 2,540 450 391.0393089 3,821
470 408.4188337 2,706 460 399.7290713 4,076
480 417.1085961 2,880 470 408.4188337 4,343
490 425.7983585 3,061 480 417.1085961 4,622
500 434.488121 3,250 490 425.7983585 4,912
510 443.1778834 3,447 500 434.488121 5,215
520 451.8676458 3,651 510 443.1778834 5,530
520 451.8676458 5,858