Flight Mechanics AER416

Quiz 3
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Question 1. [5 Marks]
Consider a piston single engine aircraft equipped with piston engine of 345 maximum at
sea-level. The two-blade propeller has an efficiency of 0.83. The airplane has the following
characteristics: wing area=180 , = 7.2, = 0.85, = 4,000 , and =

0.032. What is the rate of climb for this aircraft when flying with = 100 / at sealevel?

Ans.

= = 0.002377 100 = 11.89 / [0.5 Mark]

= +

= . = 1.869 [0.5 Mark]

= 0.032 +
=

..

= 0.032 + 0.182 = 0.214 [1 Mark]

= 457.31 [1 Mark]

= = 457.31100 = 45731.66 /[ 0.5 Mark]

= 0.83 345 = 286 = 286550 = 157300 /[ 0.5 Mark]

R/C=

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= 27.89 /[ 1 mark]

Question 2. [5 Marks]
For an airplane with maximum lift-to-drag ratio of 6, AR=5.5, e=0.8, and the wing area is 231 ft2. If the
equilibrium glide velocity at sea-level, corresponding to the minimum glide angle is 64.86 ft/sec, how
much does the airplane weigh?

Ans.
At maximum / , = . For this case,
C L
C

=
max

CD0 e AR
2CD0

CD0 = 4 eAR C L
yields

-2
max

e AR
4CD0

[0.5 mark]

= 0.85.5 =0.0959 [1 mark]

Hence
= + = 2 = 20.0959 = 0.192 [0.75 mark]
And

= = 0.1926 = 1.151 [0.75 mark]

On the other hand,

min =ArcTan

=ArcTan0.166=9.46 [1 mark]

2 cos W
(0.002377)(1.151)23164.86
V =
=
=
= 1348 1 mark
CL S
2 cos
2 cos (9.46)

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