Soundguy
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If its at the point it will lug, IE, more throttle won't speed her up, but she's not loosing rpm... At that magic point, I think you could call that 100%. IE, adding any more load starts the stall and loss of rpm.
Reason I say that is 100 and not 90, is because at 90, you still have more hp available.. 10% to be exact. Remember hp is a calc of 'work done'. If you have hp left over (10%) you have not yet reached maximum work capability.
At 100% hp you are doing the max work you can.. As long as that max hp/work is no less than needed for the load applied, you aren't stalled.. You are working at max capability.
Reason I say that is 100 and not 90, is because at 90, you still have more hp available.. 10% to be exact. Remember hp is a calc of 'work done'. If you have hp left over (10%) you have not yet reached maximum work capability.
At 100% hp you are doing the max work you can.. As long as that max hp/work is no less than needed for the load applied, you aren't stalled.. You are working at max capability.