AENG 326L – 3

Technical Activity 9

TITLE: Power Performance – Power Required at Sea Level and Altitudes

OBJECTIVE

To determine the power required by your designed aircraft at given altitudes.

PROCEDURE

9.1) Compute the power required of your designed aircraft.

9.1.1) Solve for stalling speed.

9.1.2) Solve for the required power on sea level, 5000 ft, 10000 ft., 15000 ft, 20000 ft, 25000 ft.

9.1.3) Graph the power required vs flight speed.

CONCLUSION

Given
 A/C Name : SIBOL-NEO 2021

Powerplant : RP-Rotax GmbH&Co.KG, Rotax 912 ULS2, 100 hp,

@5500 rpm

Gross Weight, GW : 2575.3168 lbs.

Wing Area, S : 160.20 ft2

CLmax : 1.69

Polar Drag Equation : (Clean Airplane)

Altitudes, h : Sea Level, 5000 ft, 10000 ft, 15000 ft, 20000 ft and 25000 ft

For Minimum Speed or Stalling Speed, Vmin / VS

V min =V S = (√ WS )( 2ρ )( C1 )
LMAX

where:

W = Gross Weight = 2575.2970 lbs.

S = Wing Area = 160.20 ft2

slug
ρo = 0.002377
ft 3

CLmax = 1.69 (From Activity No.3)

substituting the values,

( 2575.3168 lbs. 2 1
V min =V S =

√ 160.20 ft 2 ) ( 0.002377 slug ) 1.69 )

(
ft 3
 ft 15
V min =V S =89.46 x
s 22

V min =V S =61.00 mph

For CL

2W
C L=
ρo V o2 S

where:

W = Gross Weight = 2575.3168 lbs.

S = Wing Area = 160.20 ft2

slug
ρo = 0.002377
ft 3

2(2575.3168 lbs .)
C L= 2
slug 22
( 0.002377 3 ( V o )
ft ) [ ( )] (160.20 ft )
15
2

6287.91
C L=
V o2

Where V o is in mph

For Density Ratio

4.26
ah
(
σ = 1+
To )
where:

σ = density ratio

⁰R
a = -0.003566
ft

To = 519 ⁰R

h = any altitude above sea level up to tropopause

Table No.1: Density Ratio

Altitude, h (ft) Density Ratio, σ

Sea Level 1
5000 0.861635
10000 0.738420
15000 0.629165
20000 0.532733
25000 0.448040

Explanation of Table No.2

① VO = Assigned

6287.91
② CL =
①2

③ CD =

③
④ Treqdo = W
②

④×①
⑤ THPreqdo =
375

①
⑥ V =
√σ
⑤
⑦ THPreqd =
√σ
①
⑧ V =
√σ
⑤
⑨ THPreqd =
√σ
①
⑩ V =
√σ
⑤
⑪ THPreqd =
√σ
 ①
⑫ V =
√σ

⑤
⑬ THPreqd =
√σ
①
⑭ V =
√σ
⑤
⑮ THPreqd =
√σ

Table No.2: Power Required at Altitudes

5000 ft
② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦
VO CL CD Treqdo THPreqdo V THPreqd
mph - - lbs hp mph hp
60
61.00
70
80
90
100
110

Graph the Velocity versus the Power Required at Given Altitudes