A study of airplane ranges and useful loads (1920)
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688 38 272 2,478.2 108.2 136 840 64.1 7,404 40 264 106.6 132 2,584.8 63.3 818 7,182 The maximum possible range is seen to be 2,480 miles under these conditions. DETERMINATION OP THE MAXIMUM LOAD FOR A GIVEN OBJECTIVE. Evidently in case a return trip is to be made without refueling the greatest… … Fig. 5. Suppose the objective is 600 miles distant. It requires AB-CD pounds of fuel to get there and GF pounds to get back after the load is deposited. Since the maximum load is AB pounds there will be left DE or D'E' pounds for useful load. Calling the maximum range S, project the points on the…
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