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Fuel is one of (a) flight (and diversion) fuel - ie what you expect you might use. Time to the alternate is irrelevant to the considerations (b) ...
I think, perhaps, both you and other students will get better value out of this question if you include your solutions. That way, we can work through...
My apologies - I misunderstood your first post to be referring to ISA deviations. Suggest you rework your calculations starting with pressure height...
Quick question - can you check for a typo - is the summer deviation intended to be +17 ? Either way, the summer case is the more critical for perfo...
I don't know of anyone who has put the equations into Excel but I have no doubt that some of the present Industry engineering consultants will have do...
It appears that the thread is doomed to a continual going around in circles. Suffice it to say - (a) Va is an engineering design limit and not r...
[color=blue][i][b]Does that mean that you *are* saying that Va decreasing with decreasing weight is not about protecting the wing spar? Which is what ...
I think you are getting to a straw man argument, here. Kershner was an acknowledged skillful pilot and instructor but he was not, so far as I am awa...
You really are getting to the point of being a little silly in your persistence with things not of much relevance to the discussion ... [b][color=b...
[color=blue][i][b]how is the force on the main spar increased? Hence, Va decreasing is not to do with protecting the wing.[/b][/i][/color] I make ...
Some comments on Va in the other thread ..
Another point I overlooked first time around. You made a comment earlier[color=blue][i] .. says that the Vso is 32 kts. Page 20 says to do a short f...
[color=blue][b][i]Respect for one's betters can be viewed as one cause of the Tenerife disaster[/i][/b][/color] I think you need to read up a bit m...
[color=blue][i][b]By attempting to pick holes in them, and getting egg on my face, I have learnt valuable stuff about definitions.[/b][/i][/color] ...
First, I'll offer a few comments on previous posts, and then Va and, finally, we can have a look at why one should reduce Va at weights below the maxi...