In: Mechanical Engineering
Consider an airplane patterned after the Beechcraft Bonanza V-tailed, single-engine light private airplane. The characteristics of the airplane are as follows: aspect ratio = 6.2, wing area = 181 ft2, Oswald efficiency factor = 0.91, weight = 3500 lb, and zero-lift drag coefficient = 0.027. The airplane is powered by a single piston engine of 345 hp maximum at sea level. Assume the power of the engine is proportional to free-stream density. The two-blade propeller has an efficiency of 0.83. Estimate the sea-level liftoff distance for the airplane. Assume a paved runway and CL,max = 1.1 during the ground roll. When the airplane is on the ground, the wings are 4 ft above the ground.