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Maximum wing lift-drag ratio is different for different aircrafts and depends on the flight speed. The following data are given under cruise condition in the internet:
Aircraft at cruise | (L/D)-ratio |
|---|---|
Virgin Atlantic | 37 |
Lockheed U2 | 28 |
Boeing 747 | 17 |
Concorde at M2 | 7.14 |
Cessna 150 | 7.0 |
Page 25, Exercise 1.7: Given that a commercial airliner with a dry mass of the aircraft 800 t and (L/D) = 21.15, aviation fuel 11200t to fly a range of 2,000 km, that is M init /M final = 12000/800 = 15 and specific impulse I = 1560m/s for Gasoline, estimate the range of the aircraft ….
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Bose, T. (2012). Chapter 1 Introduction. In: Airbreathing Propulsion. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3532-7_12
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