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Old 13th Jul 2018, 16:30
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Well of course it does, but you still take total lift on the airframe, just as you take total mass, total thrust and total drag for determination of aircraft performance.

An aerofoil's Cl is not the same as the whole aeroplane's Cl. (The reference area mind you can be slightly problematic, but so long as you use the same figure for all calculations, that generally resolves itself.).

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