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Units Converter
Force
1 lb 0.45359237 kg 4.4497411497 N
1 kg 2.20462262185 lb 9.81 N
1 N 0.22473217348 lb 0.10193679918 kg
Length
1 ft 12 in 0.3048 m
1 m 3.28083989501 ft 39.3700787402 in
1 in 0.08333333333 ft 0.0254 m
1 nm 6076.115486 ft 1852.00000013 m
Speed
1 ft/sec 0.3048 m/sec 0.59248431316 knots
1 m/sec 3.28083989501 ft/sec 1.94384617179 knots
1 knots 0.514444 m/sec 1.68780839895 ft/sec
1 km/h 0.27777777778 m/sec 0.53995726994 knots
1 m/sec 3.6 km/h 3.28083989501 ft/sec
1 miles/h 0.44704 m/sec 1.46666666667 ft/sec
Surface (area)
1 m2 10.7639104167 ft2 1550.00310001 in2
1 ft2 0.09290304 m2 144 in2
1 in2 0.00694444444 ft2 0.00064516 m2
Time
1 h 60 min 3600 sec
1 min 0.01666666667 h 60 sec
1 sec 0.01666666667 min 0.00027777778 h
Aircraft Take Off Weight 0.40 kg 3.924 N

Aircraft speed 12 m/s

c tip
Tip chord ctip = 0.28 m λ= = 1.00
Root chord croot = 0.28 m
c root

Wing span b= 1.2 m

Wing area
Rectangular or tapered Elliptical

c root⋅b
b S= ⋅π
S= (c root +c tip ) 4
2

Chose the type of wing platform 1 S= 0.34 m2

Aspect Ratio (AR) 2

b 4.29
AR = =
S

Sweep angle L t max = 0 ° Lt max = 0.00 rad

2
Oswald wing span efficiency factor (e) e= 2 2
= 0.82
2− AR + √ 4+ AR ( 1+ tan Λ t max )
Reynolds number
Density r= 1.22500 kg/m3
Speed V= 12.00 m/s
Mean Aerodynamic Chord c= 0.28 m
Viscosity m= 1.754E-05 kg/m*s

ρ⋅V⋅c
Re= = 234663.63
μ

Airfoil characteristics: Airfoil name:

From the airfoil data:

cl = 0.21
Δc l
at a = 0 ° a0 = = 0.11 ° = 6.02 1/rad
aL=O = -2 ° Δα °

From the airfoil data (cl Vs. a; cl Vs. cd), for the given cl and Re: cd = 0.018
cm = -0.070

1
Dynamic pressure q= ⋅ρ⋅V 2∞ = 88.20 Pa
2

Wing characteristic:

if AR ≤ 4, then a0
a= =
2
a0 a0

if AR > 4, then
√ 1+ ( π⋅e⋅AR
a0
) +
π⋅e⋅AR 3.89

a= =
a0
1+
π⋅e⋅AR
a
The total lift coefficient is: C L= cl = 0.14
a0
a
The angle of attack of the wing (3D) α 3 D=α L=0 +( α−α L=0 ) 0 = 1.09 °
a
Induced Drag
C2L
CD = = 0.0017
i π⋅e⋅AR
Total drag coefficient 2
CL
C D= c d + C D =c d + = 0.0197
i π⋅e⋅AR

Lift: L=q⋅C L⋅S= 4.03 N

Drag: D= q⋅C D⋅S= 0.58 N

Aerodynamical moment: M =q⋅C m⋅S⋅c= -0.58 Nm

 V (m/s) Dp (N) Di (N) DT = Dp + Di (N)
1.5 0.0083 3.0177 3.0260
3 0.0333 0.7544 0.7878
4.5 0.0750 0.3353 0.4103 Lift coefficient:
6 0.1334 0.1886 0.3220 CL = 0.14
7.5 0.2084 0.1207 0.3291
9 0.3001 0.0838 0.3839
10.5 0.4084 0.0616 0.4700 Speed of the best cruise flight:
12 0.5334 0.0472 0.5806 V= 12 m/s
13.5 0.6751 0.0373 0.7124
15 0.8335 0.0302 0.8637
16.5 1.0085 0.0249 1.0335 Lift force:
18 1.2002 0.0210 1.2212 L = 4.025598256 N
19.5 1.4086 0.0179 1.4265
21 1.6336 0.0154 1.6490
22.5 1.8754 0.0134 1.8888
24 2.1337 0.0118 2.1455
25.5 2.4088 0.0104 2.4192
27 2.7005 0.0093 2.7098
28.5 3.0089 0.0084 3.0173

D (N)
DRAG vs. VELOCITY
3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

DT = Dp + Di (N)
Dp (N)
1.5 Di (N)

1.0

0.5

0.0 V (m/sec)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30