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Old 19th Dec 2012, 10:38
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Originally Posted by DRUK
Out of interest, what do you plan to use to replace ρ with in the lift equation
- I always found V or Cl worked pretty well? (PS not 'replace' of course but I know what you meant.

If you had qualified your statement with something like "at the same alpha, speed and Mach" and perhaps mentioned buffet margin we might have been happier. Otherwise aircraft would be dropping out of the sky - wait a minute, here comes one now......................
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