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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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 |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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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. -- Bruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
John Galloway wrote:
Yes 119 knots for both rough air and VNE for the Standard Cirrus with a manouevring speed of only 81knots. I notice the Hornet has it reversed: Rough air = 75 knots; maneuvering = 81. It's hard to believe the Hornet might be in trouble at 76 knots and the Cirrus could blast on past at 119 knots! 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 but for some older singles and current deep spar two seaters the rough air is higher. I don't know how the speeds are determined. http://www.gliding.co.uk/bgainfo/tec...datasheets.htm -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA www.motorglider.org - Download "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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 |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
Bruce Hoult wrote:
In article , Eric Greenwell wrote: You're right, John - I should've checked my manual. Does anyone know how the Rough Air limit is determined? Is it always the same as the maneuvering speed limit in gliders? No it's not. Our Janus, for example, has maneuvering at 92 knots, but both rough air and Vne at 119 knots. That seems to suggest the pilot can damage the glider, but turbulence cannot. Perhaps that's not unreasonable, given the very low Vne, suggesting the flutter issues were not handled as well as the airframe strength. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA www.motorglider.org - Download "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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? -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA www.motorglider.org - Download "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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 |
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final glide estimates
Andy Blackburn wrote: 0018 and .0022 seconds longer respectively - I think we can safely call that false precision. Hi Andy, Yes. Of course you are right. Thanks for running the check. Regards, -Doug |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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 |
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Rough air limit - how is it set?
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 |
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