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Old 10th October 2010 | 14:26
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HazelNuts39
 
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PBL;
Your theory is fine for a given "geometry", which term includes a given angle of attack. For an airplane at a given weight, AoA (1g) at constant Mach (free stream) increases with altitude, and hence Cp (absolute).

BTW, according to Wikipedia, Prandtl-Glauert "is derived from linearized equations".

regards,
HN39

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