Optimum range and endurance of a piston propeller aircraft with cambered wing
JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT, vol.42, no.1, pp.212-217, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 42 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2005
- Doi Number: 10.2514/1.6095
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.212-217
- Anadolu University Affiliated: No
Abstract
An exact solution of the maximum range, and a highly accurate approximate solution of the maximum endurance, are proposed for cruising flight of the piston-powered aircraft installed with a constant-speed propeller and cambered wing. It is proven that the constant-altitude/constant-speed cruise range can be independently optimized, even for the aircraft with cambered wing, without substitution of the optimum speed of other flight regimes.