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Old 14th Feb 2014, 18:07
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olasek
 
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For a 'typical' aerofoil at cruise speed, not much
What is "not much"?. For a typical aerofoil drag coefficient increases quite a bit with angle of attack (assuming constant speed) at typical angles of attack flown at cruise, even your own graph shows it. By the way - heavier load hits your pocket book, someone calculated that in typical airline flying a heavy male passenger (117 kg) costs airline about 65% more in fuel than an average 73 kg passenger - again cost attributed to extra drag.

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