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06 Level Turn

The document presents a series of calculations related to airplane maneuvers, specifically focusing on level turns, banking angles, load factors, and flight speeds for various aircraft weights and conditions. It includes specific scenarios for different aircraft types, such as a Cessna 150, a jet airplane, and an F-16 fighter, requiring calculations of lift, stalling speed, turn radius, and turn rate. Each problem involves applying principles of aerodynamics and physics to determine performance metrics during turns.

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06 Level Turn

The document presents a series of calculations related to airplane maneuvers, specifically focusing on level turns, banking angles, load factors, and flight speeds for various aircraft weights and conditions. It includes specific scenarios for different aircraft types, such as a Cessna 150, a jet airplane, and an F-16 fighter, requiring calculations of lift, stalling speed, turn radius, and turn rate. Each problem involves applying principles of aerodynamics and physics to determine performance metrics during turns.

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Level Turn (Banking)

1. An airplane is about to level turn with a banking angle of 30 degrees. What is the lift if the
weight of the airplane is 2,500 lbs.?
2. A 1250 lbs. Cessna 150 will turn at a radius of 1,500 ft. and with a banking angle of 35 degrees
at 5,000 feet altitude, determine the load factor, and flight speed.
3. Determine the stalling speed and load factor of an airplane with a weight of 9,000 lbs., wing
area of 209 ft^2, and a lift coefficient of 0.65 at a bank angle of (a.) 30 degrees, and (b.) 60
degrees. Assume SSLC.
4. An airplane is making a turn of 3000 feet radius at a speed of 240 mph. What is the load
factor?
5. Consider a jet airplane in a level turn at sea level. Calculate the minimum turn radius and the
maximum turn rate. The maximum load factor is 5 (nmax=5), the maximum lift coefficient
with no flap deflection is 1.4 (CL=1.4), and a wing loading of 62.3 pounds per square feet
(W/S = 62.3 lbs./ft^2)
6. Consider an airplane patterned after the Fairchild Republic A-10, a twin-jet attack aircraft.
The airplane has the following characteristics: wing area = 47 m^2, aspect ratio = 6.5,
Oswald efficiency factor = 0.87, weight = 103,047 N, and zero-lift drag coefficient = 0.032.
The airplane’s maximum allowable load factor of +7Gs, and the maximum lift coefficient
with no flap deflection is 1.96. Calculate the minimum turn radius and maximum turn rate at
sea level.
7. An F-16 fighter aircraft is attempting to perform a +9G level turn with an airspeed of 440
knots. What is the turn radius in meters and turn rate in degrees per second?
8. An airplane of 3,800 pounds turning at 175 mph with a bank angle of 50 degrees. Determine
the (a.) centripetal force, (b.) the lift, (c.) load factor, (d.) turn radius, and (e.) the angular
velocity.

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