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Old 22nd Oct 2008, 13:08
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saman
 
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Induced drag is the drag induced by the lift and, from memory,

Cdi = kClsquared / Pi AR where :

Cdi = Induced drag coefficient
k is a constant dependant upon the span-wise lift distribution with k=1 for a perfect elliptical distribution,
Cl is lift coefficient
Pi is Pi
and AR is Aspect Ratio

So flap deployment will change the span-wise lift distribution - assuming the flaps are not full span (the form drag will certainly increase) - thus changing k and thus changing Cdi

Flap deployment will change the wing area (assuming some type of area-increasing flap such as Fowler or dropped hinge) and thus the Cl and thus Cdi

Methinks induced drag will change with flap deployment!
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