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What effect does using flaps have on the lift coefficient (CL) and drag coefficient (CD)?
What effect does using flaps have on the lift coefficient (CL) and drag coefficient (CD)?
In a constant altitude coordinated banked turn, what is the relationship between the bank angle and the speed of the aircraft?
In a constant altitude coordinated banked turn, what is the relationship between the bank angle and the speed of the aircraft?
Which statement accurately describes an aerofoil with zero camber?
Which statement accurately describes an aerofoil with zero camber?
How do Bernoulli's principle and fluid dynamics relate to the relationship between speed and pressure along a streamline?
How do Bernoulli's principle and fluid dynamics relate to the relationship between speed and pressure along a streamline?
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What are the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft in clean configuration based on the provided information?
What are the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft in clean configuration based on the provided information?
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For an aerobatics airplane flying in balanced straight and level flight at V = 50m/s with α = 1°, what should the speed (Vif) be to perform balanced inverted flight at the same altitude and α = -1°?
For an aerobatics airplane flying in balanced straight and level flight at V = 50m/s with α = 1°, what should the speed (Vif) be to perform balanced inverted flight at the same altitude and α = -1°?
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In calculating the stall speed of an airplane with CL = 0.2 + 0.2α and given parameters, what is the stall speed (VS) for an airplane of mass 1200 kg and wing surface 8m²?
In calculating the stall speed of an airplane with CL = 0.2 + 0.2α and given parameters, what is the stall speed (VS) for an airplane of mass 1200 kg and wing surface 8m²?
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An airplane cruising in straight and level flight with a suboptimal aerodynamic efficiency f = 16 < fmax implies what about total, induced, and parasitic drag?
An airplane cruising in straight and level flight with a suboptimal aerodynamic efficiency f = 16 < fmax implies what about total, induced, and parasitic drag?
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What do the upper and lower surfaces of a wing of an airplane that is stopped on the ground experience?
What do the upper and lower surfaces of a wing of an airplane that is stopped on the ground experience?
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Which of the following aircraft families includes non-existing airplanes?
Which of the following aircraft families includes non-existing airplanes?
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