final glide estimates

This is the basic method to set maneuvering speed:

The Maneuvering Speed is the minimum speed at which the wing can
produce lift equal to the design load limit. (in positive G's) Below
this speed the wing can not produce enough lift to overstress the
aircraft, no matter what angle of attack is used.

Rough air speed is generally set so that a certain limit of turbulence
will not over stress the aircraft.

Todd
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toad wrote:
This is the basic method to set maneuvering speed:

The Maneuvering Speed is the minimum speed at which the wing can
produce lift equal to the design load limit. (in positive G's) Below
this speed the wing can not produce enough lift to overstress the
aircraft, no matter what angle of attack is used.

Maneuvering speed assumes max gross weight. If you're flying lighter
the wing can make enough lift to break.

Shawn

Shawn wrote:
toad wrote:
This is the basic method to set maneuvering speed:

The Maneuvering Speed is the minimum speed at which the wing can
produce lift equal to the design load limit. (in positive G's) Below
this speed the wing can not produce enough lift to overstress the
aircraft, no matter what angle of attack is used.

Maneuvering speed assumes max gross weight. If you're flying lighter
the wing can make enough lift to break.

Shawn

This is true, at lighter weights the maneuvering speed goes down, since
the airframe is only strong enough for X g's.

Toad

Shawn wrote:
toad wrote:
This is the basic method to set maneuvering speed:

The Maneuvering Speed is the minimum speed at which the wing can
produce lift equal to the design load limit. (in positive G's) Below
this speed the wing can not produce enough lift to overstress the
aircraft, no matter what angle of attack is used.

Maneuvering speed assumes max gross weight. If you're flying lighter
the wing can make enough lift to break.

So, for gliders, the flight manual figure only applies if you are
carrying full water ballast, and you are supposed to guess at what is
when the glider is unballasted?

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Eric Greenwell wrote:
Shawn wrote:

toad wrote:

This is the basic method to set maneuvering speed:

The Maneuvering Speed is the minimum speed at which the wing can
produce lift equal to the design load limit. (in positive G's) Below
this speed the wing can not produce enough lift to overstress the
aircraft, no matter what angle of attack is used.


Maneuvering speed assumes max gross weight. If you're flying lighter
the wing can make enough lift to break.


So, for gliders, the flight manual figure only applies if you are
carrying full water ballast, and you are supposed to guess at what is
when the glider is unballasted?

No, just calculate it by taking the square root of the mass/max gross
and multiply that by Va, in the cockpit, in rotor, while dropping below
glide to the nearest safe field.
Simple!

The physics argument for Va decreasing with lower mass makes sense.
However, the legal argument for what maneuvering speed should be used
would support the notion of a constant Va at all weights.

Shawn

Are you sure they would not use a worst case scenario?

Paul

Shawn wrote:


Maneuvering speed assumes max gross weight. If you're flying lighter
the wing can make enough lift to break.

Shawn

Are you sure they would not use a worst case scenario?

Paul

Shawn wrote:


Maneuvering speed assumes max gross weight. If you're flying lighter
the wing can make enough lift to break.

Shawn

John Galloway wrote:

A quick scout through the BGA datasheets seems to show
a trend that for modern single seaters the rough air
and manouevring speeds are the same

Yes, but I don't believe it's really for technical reasons. I rather
suspect that the manufactorer defines it deliberately that way to keep
things simple for the pilot. (Quick test: Do you know whether the green
arc defines maneuvring speed or rough air speed?)

Stefan

In article ,
Stefan wrote:

John Galloway wrote:

A quick scout through the BGA datasheets seems to show
a trend that for modern single seaters the rough air
and manouevring speeds are the same

Yes, but I don't believe it's really for technical reasons. I rather
suspect that the manufactorer defines it deliberately that way to keep
things simple for the pilot. (Quick test: Do you know whether the green
arc defines maneuvring speed or rough air speed?)

Manouevring.

Rough air places lower loads on a structure than do extreme control
deflections, so rough air speed will always be the same as or higher
than manouevring speed, never lower.

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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:24:17 UTC, Bruce Hoult wrote:

: Rough air places lower loads on a structure than do extreme control
: deflections

Surely that depends entirely on just how rough the air is?

Ian
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