@jheidebrecht said in Questions about Engine Performance NG/ITT/Torque since update:
My question is how are you maintaining a similar airspeed with a reduction in RPM? Given the same power setting, a reduction from 2000 RPM to 1900 RPM yields a 10-15 knot reduction TAS for me.
I did some rough testing some months ago and didn't see any significant loss in airspeed from 2000 to 1900 RPM but I only did it at one altitude and I don't recall what it was. I just assumed it would be fairly consistent regardless.
I did some more testing today at various altitudes of 10k/20k/30k and found large variances in airspeed with RPM variations.
At 10k it looked like my airspeed was fairly consistent from 2000-1700RPM and in two separate tests I seemed to gain a knot or two with lower RPM until I went below 1700RPM.
At 20k I maintained airspeed down to 1900RPM, lost about 4 knots at 1800 and then lost about 20knots at 1700 RPM.
At 30k I lost almost 20 knots going down even to 1900RPM and at 1800RPM it appeared I would just continuously lose airspeed and I quit when it appeared the aircraft would eventually stall.
Most of my TBM flights are around 1-1.5 hours so I don't often go to higher altitudes except for water crossings so maybe that is why I didn't really notice what you have already found to be true. From what I saw today I will watch more closely and definitely not run any lower RPM than 2000 above FL200.