Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 129P
A light airplane, with mass M = 1000 kg, has a conventional-section (NACA 23015) wing of planform area A = 10 m2. Find the angle of attack of the wing for a cruising speed of V = 63 m/s. What is the required power? Find the maximum instantaneous vertical “g force” experienced at cruising speed if the angle of attack is suddenly increased.
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