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Old 27th July 2006 | 16:05
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Wizofoz
 
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From: Boldly going where no split infinitive has gone before..
What you have been missing here is one simple thing- Lift=Weight in level, unaccelerated flight. As such there is no one value for Cl in a particular configuration.

If you consider that L=M, and L= Cl*1/2Rho*V^2*A (Where A is wing area), plug ther variables in for a particular weight and speed, you get a value for Cl. Change any value, and you change Cl.
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