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A fixed-wing aircraft can be made to stall in any pitch attitude or bank angle or at any airspeed but deliberate stalling is commonly practiced by reducing the speed to the unaccelerated stall speed, at a safe altitude. Unaccelerated (1g) stall speed varies on different fixed-wing aircraft and is represented by colour codes on the airspeed ...
Steady flight, unaccelerated flight, or equilibrium flight is a special case in flight dynamics where the aircraft's linear and angular velocity are constant in a body-fixed reference frame. [1] Basic aircraft maneuvers such as level flight, climbs and descents, and coordinated turns can be modeled as steady flight maneuvers. [ 2 ]
Stall speed or minimum steady flight speed for which the aircraft is still controllable in a specific configuration. [7] [8] V S R: Reference stall speed. [7] V S R 0: Reference stall speed in landing configuration. [7] V S R 1: Reference stall speed in a specific configuration. [7] V SW: Speed at which the stall warning will occur. [7] V TOSS
All fixed-wing aircraft have a minimum speed at which they can maintain level flight, the stall speed (left limit line in the diagram). As the aircraft gains altitude the stall speed increases; since the wing is not growing any larger the only way to support the aircraft's weight with less air is to increase speed.
The weight of the aircraft is the common factor that links all aspects of aircraft design such as aerodynamics, structure, and propulsion, all together. An aircraft's weight is derived from various factors such as empty weight, payload, useful load, etc. The various weights are used to then calculate the center of mass of the entire aircraft. [37]
The Boeing 367-80 airliner prototype could be rolled at low altitudes with a wing loading of 387 kg/m 2 (79 lb/sq ft) at maximum weight. Like any body in circular motion, an aircraft that is fast and strong enough to maintain level flight at speed v in a circle of radius R accelerates towards the center at /.
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Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) Wingspan: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m 2) Empty weight: 710 lb (322 kg) Gross weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg) Fuel capacity: 18 US gal (15 imp gal; 68 L) Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85 air-cooled flat-four engine, 85 hp (63 kW) Performance ...