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Offline F4UDOA

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Aircraft Performance Data
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2000, 03:20:00 PM »
Funked,

Thanks for your earlier contri. It's been a while since I had to do any algebra or Trig.
But what your equations are bearing out is that wing loading or the lift coefficient of the wing have no bearing on the turning radius of an A/C. Is this true? Until each A/C hits it's 3g stall speed? Do you know how AH calculates turn radius? It does not seem that the A/C in AH turn according to wing loading. In fact the A/C with the best wing loading don't seem to turn well at all.
P51 Wing area=235.8 weight loaded=10,208
wing loading=43.29
109G10 Wing area=173.3 Weight loaded=7,410
Wing loading=42.76
F4U-1C or D Wing area=314 Weight loaded=12000
Wing Loading=38.21
Any comments?

F4UDOA