Mathematics of Flight

AABC air speed aircraft engine airfoil section airplane wing airport algebra altitude angle of attack angle of bank angle of climb angle of glide answer aspect ratio center of gravity Clark Y airfoil coefficient of drag coefficient of lift Complete this table Courtesy of Aviation density diagram equal equation find the value flying force formula Fuel capacity Fuselage Given graph Gross weight High speed horsepower horsepower required hypotenuse ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE landing speed Landplane level flight load factor m.p.h. Cruising speed m.p.h. Rate Measure miles per hour monoplane nearest Over-all length parasite drag perimeter pilot plane Power loading protractor radius rate of climb right triangle scale drawing sea level seats Construction Service ceiling shown in Fig side adjacent side opposite similar Solve span square root student tangent top speed total drag trigonometry Type Weight empty wing area wing drag Wing loading