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Old 4th January 2004 | 01:41
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Keith.Williams.
 
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In your first question the aircraft is lighter than you think it is, so your calculated TOD, ASD and V2 will all be too high.

The wording of the options is a bit dodgy (which probably means that it is what actually appeared in a JAR exam paper), but option b is the most accurate. TOD and ASD will not really decrease, but they will be less than you expected them to be. Among other things V2 min is a function of Vsr, so your over-estimation of the weight will cause you to over-estimte V2.


In your second question you must remember that % climb gradient is approximately 100% x (Thrust - drag) / weight

This can be rewritten as

100% x (Thrust/weight - Drag/weight)... Let's call this rquation 2.

Thrust/weight is the thrust to weight ratio and the question gives this as 1 to 4, which is 1/4

The question also states that the lift to drag ratio (which is Lift/Drag) = 12/1.

If we ignore the slight change in load factor in a climb we can say taht lift = weight. This enables us to rewrite the last equation as

Weight/drag = 12/1

Turning both sides of this equation upside down gives

Drag/Weight = 1/12

So yhrust/weight = 1/4 and drag/weight = 1/12

Putting these values into equation 2 gives

% gradient = 100% x 1/4 - 1/12

This is 100% x 0.1666667 Which is about 16.7%








So we now have % gradient =
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