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508 Appendix 1
4. Aircraft Geometry—Constant
(Insert values defined by aircraft geometry)
Wing Geometry
Wing area (m2) S :5 25.08
Wing span (m) b :5 15.85
Wing mean chord (m) cw :5 1.716
Sweep 1/4cw (deg) Λ :5 0
z coordinate of 1/4cw point above (2ve) zw :5 0.45
or below (1ve) ox body axis (m)
Wing rigging angle (deg) αwr :5 1.0 αwr
Convert to rad αwr :5
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Tailplane Geometry
Tailplane area (m2) ST :5 7.79
Tailplane span (m) bT :5 6.6
Tail arm, 1/4cw to 1/4ct (m) lt :5 6.184
z coordinate of 1/4cw point above (2ve) zT :5 21.435
or below (1ve) ox body axis (m)
ηT
Tail setting angle (deg) ηT :5 1.5 Convert to rad ηT :5
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Fuselage diameter or width (m) Fd :5 1.981
Engine Installation
Thrust line z coordinate above (2ve) zτ :5 0.312
or below (1ve) ox body axis (m)
Engine thrust line angle (deg) κ :5 0 κ
Convert to rad κ :5
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5. Wing-Body Aerodynamics
(Insert values defined by the installed wing aerodynamic design)
Wing-body CL-α (per rad) a :5 5.19
Maximum lift coefficient CLmax :5 1.37
Zero lift pitching moment Cm0 :5 20.0711
Zero lift drag coefficient CD0 :5 0.03
Zero lift angle of attack (deg) αw0 :5 22 αw0
Convert to rad αw0 :5
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Wing-body aero centre h0 :5 20.08
Appendix 1 509
6. Tailplane Aerodynamics
(Insert values defined by the tailplane aerodynamic design)
Tail plane CL-α (per rad) a1 :5 3.2
Elevator CL-η (per rad) a2 :5 2.414
ε0
Zero lift downwash angle (deg) ε0 :5 2.0 Convert to rad ε0 :5
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Aspect ratio b2
Ar :5
S
b Check results
Wing semi-span (m) s :5
2 Ar 5 10.017
s 5 7.925
Tail arm, cg to 1/4ct (m) lT :5 lt 2 cw (h 2 0.25)
lT 5 6.115
ST U1T VT 5 1.107
Tail volume VT :5
S cw
8. Downwash at Tail
Ref:-Stribling, C.B. “Basic Aerodynamics”, Butterworth Ltd., 1984.
x :5
lt zw 2 zT
Tail position relative to wing (% of span) z :5
b b
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2 # 3
2 fiπ
fiπ 6 x1 x2 1 0:5cos 1z2 7
a X
0:5cos 6 180 x 7 7 π
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180 6
dεα :5 2 sffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
2 U6 2 1 2 2 7
π UAr fi55 6 fiπ ðx 1z Þ7 180
fiπ 4 0:5cos 1z2 5
x2 1 0:5cos 1z2 180
180
Ref:- Shevell, R.S. “Fundamentals of Flight”, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall Inc., 1983.
Drag polar is defined, CD 5 CD0 1 KCL2, where K is the induced drag factor.
2 3
F F F
Fuselage drag Sd :5 0:9998 1 0:0421U d 2 2:6286U d 1 2:000U d
b b b
factor
Empirical kD :5 2 3:333U1024 UΛ2 1 6:667U1025 UΛ 1 0:38
constant
510 Appendix 1
1 Check result
Oswald efficiency e :5
factor 1 sd 5 0.968
πUArUkD UCD0 1
ð0:99Usd Þ kD 5 0.38
1 e 5 0.713
Induced drag K :5
πUArUe K 5 0.045
factor
Pitching moment zτ
0 5 ½Cm0 1ðh 2 h0 ÞUCLw 2 VT UCLT 1 Cτ U
(about cg) cw
Tail lift coefficient S
CLT 5 ðCL 1 CLW ÞU
ST
Trim(V) :5 Find(αe, Cτ, CD, CLT, CLW, CL)
End of trim solve block
10
LDi
0
100 130 160 190 220 250
Vknotsi
4
Elevator angle (deg) to trim with true airspeed.
ηei 0
–2
–4
100 130 160 190 220 250
Vknotsi
6000
Total drag (N) variation with true airspeed.
5000
Di
4000
3000
100 130 160 190 220 250
Vknotsi
514 Appendix 1
2
Drag polar.
1.6
1.2
CLi
0.8
0.4
0
0 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.2
CDi
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