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    12/19/2015

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    TableofContents
    >
    AircraftPerformance
    >

    AircraftWeightandGeometry
    Weight
    Theweight(W)oftheaircraftanditsaerodynamicpropertiesaretheprimaryfactorsdeterminingitsflightperformance.
    Theweightoftheaircraftcanbebrokendownintofundamentalcomponents:
    theemptyweightofthevehicle
    theweightofthepilot,passengersandpayload
    theweightofthefuel.
    Therewillbelimitingweightvaluesduetotheaircraftdesignandflightregulations:
    maximumweightofpayload
    maximumfuelloadorfueltankcapacity
    maximumtakeoffweight(MTOW)
    maximumlandingweight.

    Itisnotsimplyamatterofaddingthecomponentstogethertoobtainafinalanswerfortheaircraftweight.Forexampleitmaybenecessarytoremovefuelweightsothatadditionalpayloadmayb
    whilestillmaintainingtherequirementofamaximumtakeoffweight.Forstabilityandhenceflightsafetyconsiderationsanaccurate"weightandbalance"calculationshouldbeperformedpriorto
    theaircraft.

    Inflighttheaircraftweightwillchangeasfuelisburntbythepropulsionsystemorpossiblydumpedinanemergencysituation.Alltheweightspecificationswillneedtobeidentifiedfromdatagive
    aircraftmanufacturerbeforeforceequilibriumcalculationscanbeapplied.

    AircraftGeometry.
    AtypicalaircraftplanformlayoutisshowninthefollowingFigure.

    SWingPlanformArea,
    sWingSemispan,
    bWingSpan,b=2s.
    Thewingplanformarea(S)isshadedasshown.Thewingtaperratiocanbecalculatedastheratiooftipchordtorootchord,

    Themeanaerodynamicchordcanbefoundbyintegratingtheindividualsectionchordsacrossthespan.

    Where

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    Forwingswithsimplelineartaper,themeanaerodynamicchordwillroughlyequalthemeangeometricchord,

    Theaspectratioofthewingwillbe,

    andforwingswithrectangularplanformthiswillsimplifyto,

    Aspectratiowillplayamajorpartintheefficientperformanceofanaircraft.

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