Consider aircraft weight to be 10,646 lb, and wing area 228 ft². Please include step-by-step explanation. Thanks!
Solve these problems:
1. A 10xxx-lb aircraft has an (L/D)MAX value of 9.8; find its minimum drag.
For aircraft weight, enter the first three numbers of your phone number after "10" (For example, if your phone number starts with 412, enter aircraft weight as 10,412 lb).
To find minimum drag, use equation 5.12 from the textbook, also provided here:
Dmin = W / (L/D)max
2. If the aircraft in Problem 11 has a wing area S=2xx ft² and the value of CL=0.5 at L/DMAX, find the sea level airspeed where DMIN occurs.
For wing area, enter your age after "2" (for example, if you are 30, then you would enter S=230 ft²).
3. For the aircraft in Problem 11, find Di and Dp at (L/D)MAX.
4. For the aircraft in Problem 11, complete the following table and plot Di, Dp, and Dt in Excel®.
Use Excel to create the table and your total drag curve for question 14.