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Characteristics of Lift and Wing Area Activity |
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If so instructed by your teacher, print out a worksheet page for these problems. |
- The total area for both of your wings is your answer in 1c. Knowing the area of a triangle = 1/2 base x height. What is the length of the base if the height of the wing is 5 feet?
- Suppose the total area is 120 square feet, and the base of 1 wing is 20 feet. What is the height?
Airspeed: 100 mph
Altitude: 20,000 feet
Angle: 1.5 degrees
Thickness: 5%
Camber: 3.75%
Select 10 different values of Area between 200 and 700 square feet and record the corresponding values of Lift.
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- Graph Lift vs. Area with the values you obtained.
- What did you notice about the line connecting the points you graphed?
- From your graph determine the amount of lift you would generate if you had an area of 550 square feet. Check your answer by entering 550 square feet for the area and observing the amount of lift generated.
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