Aero 242                                       EXAM 2 REVIEW                                     S99

1. Climbing Flight
1. Excess power
2. Free-body diagram, force equilibrium
3. Rate of Climb at fixed flght speed
4. Maximum Rate of Climb
2. Ceilings
1. Determining Maximum Rate of Climb
2. Maximum Rate of Climb vs altitude
3. R/C vs altitude at constant flight speed
4. Service ceiling
5. Linear extrapolation of R/C max to R/C = 0
6. Absolute ceiling
7. Pr, Pa curves at Absolute ceiling
3. Time to Climb
   1. Area under 1/RC vs altitude curve
   2. Integration assuming linear R/C vs altitude
4. Gliding Flight
1. Power-off glide free-body diagram,
   force equilibrium equations

   Maximum range glide conditions
5. Range & Endurance:Prop
   1. SFC
   2. Rate of fuel consumption/uit time
   3. Rate of fuel consumption/unit distance
   4. Brguet r
6. Range & Endurance:Jet
7. Optimal CL, CD relations
8. Take-off
9. Landing