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  2. Load factor (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    If the term load factor is omitted then g is used instead, as in "pulling a 3 g turn". [ 2 ] : § 14.3 A load factor greater than 1 will cause the stall speed to increase by a factor equal to the square root of the load factor.

  3. Flight envelope - Wikipedia

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    This maximum altitude is known as the service ceiling (top limit line in the diagram), and is often quoted for aircraft performance. The area where the altitude for a given speed can no longer be increased at level flight is known as zero rate of climb and is caused by the lift of the aircraft getting smaller at higher altitudes, until it no ...

  4. Rate of climb - Wikipedia

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    V x increases with altitude and V Y decreases with altitude until they converge at the airplane's absolute ceiling, the altitude above which the airplane cannot climb in steady flight. The Cessna 172 is a four-seat aircraft. At maximum weight it has a V Y of 75 kn (139 km/h) indicated airspeed [4] providing a rate of climb of 721 ft/min (3.66 m/s).

  5. g-force - Wikipedia

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    One g is the force per unit mass due to gravity at the Earth's surface and is the standard gravity (symbol: g n), defined as 9.806 65 metres per second squared, [5] or equivalently 9.806 65 newtons of force per kilogram of mass. The unit definition does not vary with location—the g-force when standing on the Moon is almost exactly 1 ⁄ 6 that

  6. Barometric formula - Wikipedia

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    In these equations, g 0, M and R * are each single-valued constants, while ρ, L, T and h are multi-valued constants in accordance with the table below. The values used for M, g 0 and R * are in accordance with the U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976, and that the value for R * in particular does not agree with standard values for this constant. [2]

  7. Gravity of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The gravity g′ at depth d is given by g′ = g(1 − d/R) where g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth, d is depth and R is the radius of the Earth. If the density decreased linearly with increasing radius from a density ρ 0 at the center to ρ 1 at the surface, then ρ(r) = ρ 0 − (ρ 0 − ρ 1) r / R, and the ...

  8. Range of a projectile - Wikipedia

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    g is the gravitational acceleration—usually taken to be 9.81 m/s 2 (32 f/s 2) near the Earth's surface; θ is the angle at which the projectile is launched; y 0 is the initial height of the projectile; If y 0 is taken to be zero, meaning that the object is being launched on flat ground, the range of the projectile will simplify to:

  9. Ground effect (aerodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    When a hovering rotor is near the ground the downward flow of air through the rotor is reduced to zero at the ground. This condition is transferred up to the disc through pressure changes in the wake which decreases the inflow to the rotor for a given disc loading, which is rotor thrust for each square foot of its area.