On 2/9/2012 8:53 AM, Staller, Allan wrote:
There is a well know impact of additional CP's known as the "MP effect". Going from 1 to 2 engines does not get you twice as much horsepower. Only 1.9 times as much. In the early days 360/65 AP& 305/65 MP, the effect was only 1.7 times.
Specifically, if you look at z196 machines http://tech-news.com/publib/pl2817.html you'll see the following LSPR ratios:
Modl Ratio Delta 701 2.15 N/A 702 4.06 1.91 703 5.92 1.86 704 7.72 1.80 705 9.47 1.75 706 11.17 1.70 707 12.82 1.65 and so on... -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318 [email protected] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

