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Sorry Bob,
<br>I knew you were referring to pattern planes and set ups. I was just
<br>trying to be funny with the airliner knife edge comment.
<br>The interesting thing about the B52 is that it has no ailerons and it
<br>only uses spoilers for roll control. We can see the problem right away
<br>if you put that plane in a high AOA banked turn then spoil the lift on
<br>the opposite wing trying to get it to roll back to level. I believe
<br>there is a bank limit on that plane beyond which you are not going to
<br>get it back.
<br>
<br>Chris
<br>
<br>Bob Richards wrote:
<br>> I never meant to draw any conclusion about the knife edge performance
<br>> of airliners or bombers in my original post. I was merely stating that
<br>> the reason we PATTERN FLIERS adjust the incidences of the wing and
<br>> stab (ON OUR PATTERN PLANES) has to do with aerobatic performance. As
<br>> far as I know, the reason the designers of airliners, bombers, and
<br>> most full-scale airplanes pick a incidence value has to do mainly with
<br>> efficiency in cruise.
<br>> Bob R.
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> */rcmaster199@aol.com/* wrote:
<br>>
<br>> I remember watching a clip of a full size multi engine bomber type
<br>> in test flight. The test pilot banked hard to knife edge near the
<br>> ground (maybe 500 ft) for some unknown reason and swiftly
<br>> proceeded to put it in. Don't remember the plane's or test pilot's
<br>> names.
<br>> Full scale fuselages are designed to minimize drag as much as
<br>> possible (for max range) so they tend to be pencil thin
<br>> comparatively speaking. Pencil thin fuses do not fly knife flight
<br>> well nor are they intended to do so. And the higher the weight the
<br>> worse the problem. At risk of being glib, that test pilot found
<br>> the outside of the envelope.
<br>> MattK
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> -----Original Message-----
<br>> From: chris moon
<br>> To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
<br>> Sent: Tue, Oct 2 4:28 PM
<br>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Airplane angle of attack
<br>>
<br>> The optimum AOA on airliners is a function of wing design. It's the
<br>> operator's job to try and stay near the optimum AOA for maximum
<br>> efficiency. Lighter gross weights require either higher altitudes or
<br>> lower true airspeed to be most efficient. Likewise, heavier
<br>> weights will
<br>> have you faster and or lower. I guess what I'm saying is that the
<br>> optimum AOA is essentially dictated by wing design and we juggle the
<br>> other variables in order operate the wing as efficiently as possible.
<br>>
<br>> I have rolled the 737, 757, 767 and A320 in the simulator and they
<br>> make
<br>> poor pattern planes. I'm sure there is a significant downgrade for a
<br>> single roll that loses 5000+ feet of altitude. Don't even ask about
<br>> knife edge performance.
<br>>
<br>> Chris
<br>>
<br>> Bob Richards wrote:
<br>> > That makes sense to me. The AOA depends on the load. In an extreme
<br>> > case, very lightly loaded, I don't think you would want to fly with
<br>> > the fuselage in a nose down attitude, that would probably be
<br>> > inefficient. Better to have it slightly nose up in cruise with a
<br>> full
<br>> > load. JMHO.
<br>> > Of course, the reason WE would trim wing incidence would have
<br>> more to
<br>> > do with overall flight characteristics during aerobatics,
<br>> particularly
<br>> > with pitch coupling in knife edge flight.
<br>> > Bob R.
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> > */chris moon /* wrote:
<br>> >
<br>> > Tried to post this before but it did not go through.
<br>> >
<br>> > The optimum cruise angle of attack for jetliners is somewhere
<br>> between
<br>> > 2.5 and 5 degrees nose up. Usually closer to 2.5 or 3 degrees
<br>> for an
<br>> > econ cruise. As fuel burns off and the gross weight goes down, the
<br>> > airplane will need a lower angle of attack to maintain flight which
<br>> > will take us away from our optimum angle (lower). So, we will
<br>> either
<br>> > climb to where the air is "thinner" and require a higher aoa
<br>> > (angle of
<br>> > attack) to get us back to the 2.5 or 3 degrees or, slow down and
<br>> > maintain the lower altitude thus requiring us to increase the aoa
<br>> > back
<br>> > to optimum. The answer to your question is yes, a jetliner flies
<br>> at a
<br>> > nose high aoa in cruise. Lift from the fuselage would probably be
<br>> > negligible other than "impact" lift - the force of the relative
<br>> wind
<br>> > against the raised fuselage bottom.
<br>> >
<br>> > Chris
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> >
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