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  2. Load factor (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    During straight and level flight, the load factor is +1 if the aircraft is flown "the right way up", [2]: 90 whereas it becomes −1 if the aircraft is flown "upside-down" (inverted). In both cases the lift vector is the same (as seen by an observer on the ground), but in the latter the vertical axis of the aircraft points downwards, making the ...

  3. Computation of radiowave attenuation in the atmosphere

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    For instance with the case of a source at 5 km altitude, of nominal elevation angle −0.5-degree and the target is at 30 km altitude; the attenuation found by the boundary value method is 11.33 dB. The previous point of view of worst case leads to an elevation angle of −1.87-degree and an attenuation of 170.77 dB.

  4. Barometric formula - Wikipedia

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    Values of ρ b of b = 1 through b = 6 are obtained from the application of the appropriate member of the pair equations 1 and 2 for the case when h = h b+1. [ 2 ] 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.

  5. Scale height - Wikipedia

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    G = Gravitational constant ≈ 6.674 × 10 −11 m 3 ⋅kg −1 ⋅s −2 ‍ [15] r = the radial cylindrical coordinate for the distance from the center of the star or centrally condensed object z = the height/altitude cylindrical coordinate for the distance from the disk midplane (or center of the star) M * = the mass of the star/centrally ...

  6. 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).

  7. g-force - Wikipedia

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    For example: An acceleration of 1 g equates to a rate of change in velocity of approximately 35 km/h (22 mph) for each second that elapses. Therefore, if an automobile is capable of braking at 1 g and is traveling at 35 km/h, it can brake to a standstill in one second and the driver will experience a deceleration of 1 g. The automobile ...

  8. Reference atmospheric model - Wikipedia

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    The increase in altitude necessary for P or ρ to drop to 1/e of its initial value is called the scale height: H = R T M g 0 {\displaystyle H={\frac {RT}{Mg_{0}}}} where R is the ideal gas constant, T is temperature, M is average molecular weight, and g 0 is the gravitational acceleration at the planet's surface.

  9. Kármán line - Wikipedia

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    The term "Kármán line" was invented by Andrew G. Haley in a 1959 paper, [20] based on the chart in von Kármán's 1956 paper, but Haley acknowledged that the 275,000 feet (52.08 mi; 83.82 km) limit was theoretical and would change as technology improved, as the minimum speed in von Kármán's calculations was based on the speed-to-weight ...