2.2.1 Lecture 2C: Aircraft Performance
Course subject(s)
Module 2: How do Aircraft Fly?
Lecture 2C: Aircraft Performance
If there’s one thing Aerospace Engineers love more than making things fly, it is making things fly in the best possible way!
In this lecture, Ir. Melkert, a senior lecturer of our faculty, will explain how we can optimize the performance of an aircraft to use it as efficiently as possible.
If you are a more mathematically-inclined learner, make sure to also watch the optional extra content below the lecture video!
Optional: Determination of the optimal L/D
In the lecture, Mr. Melkert has explained that we should be flying at the optimal lift-to-drag ratio to fly as efficiently as possible. You are undoubtedly wondering how we find this optimum point. Well, luckily we do not need any complicated setups for this: With some mathematical manipulation we can quickly find the optimal value from what we have learned so far. Join Mr. Melkert in this optional mathematical intermezzo to find out how.
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