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Old 12th March 2005 | 15:47
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Mad (Flt) Scientist
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Sounds too large at 4 degs, if we're talking about high-subsonic cruise.

I'd expect a cruise alpha in the range of 0-2 deg body, with a wing setting angle (incidence) of no more than 2 deg more. That means the wing alpha is going to be between 2 and 4 deg. Assuming, as ever, a downwash ratio of 0.5, that implies that a tailplane AoA of zero will be achieved with a tail incidence of about 0-1 deg:

For a body AoA of A and a wing incidence of W, the tail AoA as a function of Tail incidence will be:

tail AoA=A+T-(A+W)*0.5 (1)

So for a minimum tail AoA=0, we get:

T=(A+W)*0.5 - A = (W-A)*0.5

Therefore for A=0, W=2: T=1
for A=2, W=2 : T=0)

If the expression (1) is rewritten in terms of longitudinal dihedral D, where D=W-T, then we get:

tail AoA=A+ (W-D)-(A+W)*0.5

or

tail AoA = (A+W)*0.5 - D

so for a min drag tail AoA of 0:

D=(A+W)*0.5

Which for typical values, again, of A and W in the 0-2 deg range each, gives a D also in the 0-2 deg range
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