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August 28th 03, 12:47 PM
Check NASA it's there somewhere.
"Dave Hyde" > wrote in message
...
> Dan wrote:
>
> > Where would I find formulae for determining CL for various wing shapes
like
> > delta, swept, rectangular etc?
>
> There are a bunch o' different ways, most any airplane design
> book should cover at least one of them. The first book I grabbed
> off the bookshelf, McCormick's "Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight
> Mechanics" covers it well, I suspect the others do just as good
> a job. You might try a google search on '3D wing design', 'lift
> curve slope', and maybe throw in 'aspect ratio' and 'sweep' if you
> can't find a good design book locally. If you want more
> detail than you probably need, you can also search on 'vortex
> lattice.'
>
> If you're desperate, drop me a note and I'll send you some
> relevant stuff.
>
> Dave Lednicer, Dave Munday, where are you guys? <g>
>
> Dave 'Sid Viscous' Hyde
>
"Dave Hyde" > wrote in message
...
> Dan wrote:
>
> > Where would I find formulae for determining CL for various wing shapes
like
> > delta, swept, rectangular etc?
>
> There are a bunch o' different ways, most any airplane design
> book should cover at least one of them. The first book I grabbed
> off the bookshelf, McCormick's "Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight
> Mechanics" covers it well, I suspect the others do just as good
> a job. You might try a google search on '3D wing design', 'lift
> curve slope', and maybe throw in 'aspect ratio' and 'sweep' if you
> can't find a good design book locally. If you want more
> detail than you probably need, you can also search on 'vortex
> lattice.'
>
> If you're desperate, drop me a note and I'll send you some
> relevant stuff.
>
> Dave Lednicer, Dave Munday, where are you guys? <g>
>
> Dave 'Sid Viscous' Hyde
>