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Old 3rd May 2015, 23:49
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Calculate Lift Coefficient

I'm trying to figure out what's the lift coefficient of an A320. What I'm doing is the following: during cruise, the lift is equal to the weight of the aircraft (mg) so that I used the cruise table taken from the FCOM to get the speed, the wing area is known (122.6 m^2) and I calculated using an online tool the air density at FL290 (29000ft):

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The result is that the lift coefficient is 0.03029. Is it right for the assumptions given above? Next, if I want to relate the Cl with the Angle of Attack, what is the formula and the procedure? Thank you for your help.
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