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  2. Wing loading - Wikipedia

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    The Monarch Butterfly has a very low 0.168 kg/m 2 wing loading The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 has a high 837 kg/m 2 maximum wing loading. In aerodynamics, wing loading is the total weight of an aircraft or flying animal divided by the area of its wing.

  3. Center of gravity of an aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The amount a weight must be moved can be found by using the following formula shift distance = (total weight * cg change) / weight shifted Example: 1500 lb * 33.9 in = 50,850 moment (airplane) 100 lb * 68 in = 8,400 moment (baggage) cg = 37 in = (50,850 + 8,400) / 1600 lb (1/2 in out of cg limit)

  4. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    Gravity field surrounding Earth from a macroscopic perspective. Newton's law of universal gravitation can be written as a vector equation to account for the direction of the gravitational force as well as its magnitude. In this formula, quantities in bold represent vectors.

  5. Jet force - Wikipedia

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    On earth, weight is fairly easy to calculate: = In this equation, m represents the mass of the object and g is the acceleration that is produced by gravity. On earth, this value is approximately 9.8 m/s squared. When the force for lift is greater than the force of weight, the aircraft accelerates upwards.

  6. Load factor (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    is the weight. Since the load factor is the ratio of two forces, it is dimensionless. However, its units are traditionally referred to as g, because of the relation between load factor and apparent acceleration of gravity felt on board the aircraft. A load factor of one, or 1 g, represents conditions in straight and level flight, where the lift ...

  7. List of equations in gravitation - Wikipedia

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    A common misconception occurs between centre of mass and centre of gravity.They are defined in similar ways but are not exactly the same quantity. Centre of mass is the mathematical description of placing all the mass in the region considered to one position, centre of gravity is a real physical quantity, the point of a body where the gravitational force acts.

  8. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The aerodynamic efficiency has a maximum value, E max, respect to C L where the tangent line from the coordinate origin touches the drag coefficient equation plot. The drag coefficient, C D , can be decomposed in two ways.

  9. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    A set of equations describing the trajectories of objects subject to a constant gravitational force under normal Earth-bound conditions.Assuming constant acceleration g due to Earth's gravity, Newton's law of universal gravitation simplifies to F = mg, where F is the force exerted on a mass m by the Earth's gravitational field of strength g.