Accession Number:
AD0686775
Title:
A METHOD FOR GRAPHIC COMPARISON OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE,
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Corporate Author:
RESEARCH ANALYSIS CORP MCLEAN VA
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Report Date:
1968-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
16.0
Abstract:
The operational performance by a specific configuration of an aircraft in terms of the parameters empty weight, payload, fuel weight, design speed, and design range is presented in a nomograph that allows the effects of trade-offs between these parameters to be analyzed. Nomographs developed for different aircraft that are in design competition show feasible configurations and their relative performance capabilities in a common operational environment. The nomographs are based on aircraft design-point studies and effect interpolation between these design configurations. This graphic presentation of aircraft performance capability is based on a modification of the Breguet range equation to incorporate variation in design flight speed. Operational parameters that are functions of both aircraft configuration and range, speed, or weight-such as cost, survivability, and takeoff distance-may also be displayed on the nomograph. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Aircraft