Subsonic Aircraft: Evolution and the Matching of Size to PerformanceNASA, 1980 - 447 pages |
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aerodynamic aircraft design aircraft variant 2-6 airfoil airline airplane altitude aspect ratio aviation aircraft biplane Boeing bypass ratio calculations chapter characteristics CL,m CL,T configuration corresponding craft critical Mach cruise matching cruising speed Curtiss curves developed Douglas DC-3 EB FGC employed equation fighter flaps fuel fraction fuselage diameter given in table gross weight IB RGC increase induced drag jet transport jet-powered landing field length landing gear lb/ft² lift coefficient load fraction Lockheed match points maximum lift coefficient maximum lift-drag ratio monoplane NACA operating parameter passengers percent performance power loading Pratt & Whitney propeller propeller-driven aircraft propulsive efficiency range rate of climb shown in figure specific fuel consumption stalling speed sweepback table 2.III table 5.I take-off field length thrust loading thrust-to-weight ratio To/Wg transport aircraft turbofan turbofan engines Wg/S wing area wing loading World World War II zero-lift drag coefficient