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4 Data and Results

Thrust TAS(m
s ) Weight(N) Density ( kg
m3 ) CL C2L
CDexp CD Theoretically
72739.2 186.61541 506498.148 1.004650 0.17872 0.03194 0.02566 0.024683
71746.3 175.1969 505232.658 1.139875 0.17827 0.031788 0.02533 0.024669
68728.2 164.971384 504553.806 1.227153 0.186 0.03476 0.02540 0.024922
54153.6 135.47498 506516.787 1.227157 0.27764 0.07706 0.02968 0.028475
47234.3 122.57358 506057.679 1.227148 0.3388 0.1188 0.03162 0.031645
47118.3 112.158398 507175.038 1.227145 0.40556 0.165 0.03762 0.035819
46551.8 104.932586 506838.555 1.227149 0.46302 0.214452 0.04253 0.04001
42848 99.467738 506488.338 1.227153 0.5150 0.26524 0.04356 0.044280
Table 1: Extracted data from the provided raw data
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Determination of Drag Polar From Flight Test Data 5. Calculation


Figure 1: CD vs C2L
Plot
5 Calculation
1. True Air Speed (TAS)
TAS = 363:05knots (5)
TAS = 0:514 _ 363:05 = 186:61541
m
s
(6)
2. Density
_=(
CAS
TAS
)2 _ _0 (7)
_=(
169:000116
186:61541
)2 _ 1:225 = 1:004650692
kg
m3 (8)
3. Cd
Cdexp =
2 _ 72739:2
1:004650692 _ 186:615412162
= 0:025666899 (9)
4. Cl
Cl =
2 _ 506498:148
1:004650692 _ 186:615412162
= 0:178723948 (10)
5. Oswald Efficiency factor

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