Week 9 Assignment 1. Horizontal tail volume ratio is defined as
𝑉ℎ=𝑙𝑡𝑆𝑆𝑡𝑐̅
𝑉ℎ= 𝑙𝑡𝑆
𝑆𝑡𝑐̅
𝑉ℎ=𝑙𝑡𝑆𝑡
𝑆𝑐̅
𝑉ℎ=𝑆𝑙𝑡𝑐̅
𝑡𝑆
2. For the aircraft what is the static margin?
𝑆𝑀 = 𝑋̅𝑐𝑔− 𝑋̅𝑛𝑝
𝑆𝑀 = 𝑋̅𝑎𝑐− 𝑋̅𝑐𝑔
𝑆𝑀 = 𝑋̅𝑐𝑔− 𝑋̅𝑎𝑐
𝑆𝑀 = 𝑋̅𝑛𝑝− 𝑋̅𝑐𝑔
3. 𝐶𝑚
0𝑡 is given by
𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼
𝑡(𝜖0+ 𝑖𝑤+ 𝑖𝑡)
𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼
𝑡(𝜖0+ 𝑖𝑤− 𝑖𝑡)
𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼
𝑡(1 −𝑑𝛼𝑑𝜖)
𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼
𝑡(1 +𝑑𝜖
𝑑𝛼)
4. 𝑋̅𝑛𝑝 is given by
𝑋̅𝑛𝑝= 𝑋̅𝑎𝑐−𝐶𝑚𝛼𝑓
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤 − 𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑡
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤(1 −𝑑𝜖
𝑑𝛼)
𝑋̅𝑛𝑝= 𝑋̅𝑎𝑐+𝐶𝑚𝛼𝑓
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤 + 𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑡
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤(1 −𝑑𝜖
𝑑𝛼)
𝑋̅𝑛𝑝= 𝑋̅𝑎𝑐−𝐶𝑚𝛼𝑓
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤 + 𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑡
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤(1 +𝑑𝜖
𝑑𝛼)
𝑋̅𝑛𝑝= 𝑋̅𝑎𝑐−𝐶𝑚𝛼𝑓
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤 + 𝜂𝑉ℎ𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑡
𝐶𝐿𝛼𝑤(1 −𝑑𝜖
𝑑𝛼)
5. What will be the value of 𝐶𝑚0 at 𝐶𝐿= 0 for an aircraft flying at 𝐶𝐿𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑚= 0.6 and static Margin of 10 %.
𝐶𝑚0= 0.03
𝐶𝑚0= 0.06
𝐶𝑚0= 0.08
𝐶𝑚0= 0.13