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Old 8th December 2010 | 22:22
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Airbusboy
 
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Efficiency factor for an Airbus A380

I am trying to calculate Induced Drag using Cl^2/Pi*AR*e. I understand e is a value less than 1. A bit of googeling, it seems it is approximated to 0.9 for general calculations.

Is there an accurate value for the A380? Would this info be available anywhere?
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