Unit 3: Climb, Descent, Range and Endurance
Lesson 10 : Range
Topic: Range
Sub Topics:
Breguet's Range Equation
Range Equation for Propeller Power Aircraft
Range Equation for Jet Powered Aircraft
Objective : What I want you to learn?
The mathematical expression for determining the range of the propeller and jet powered airplanes.
The process of calculating the distance covered by the aircraft with the available fuel under the given conditions.
Evaluate and Analyze the parameters that affect the range performance of an aircraft such as Velocity, Weight, Aspect Ratio and External factors like altitude.
Rationale : Why this is useful to you?
In a typical aircraft, a significant percentage of gross weight is the fuel weight, thus the method of determining the amount of fuel required for covering the required distance is important task both in aircraft operation and design process.
Learning Outcomes : What I want you to do after completing this topic?
Derive the mathematical expression for calculating range of an propeller powered and jet powered aircraft.
To calculate the range covered with the available fuel under the given atmospheric conditions.
Analyze and Comment on the parameters and factors that affect the range performance.
