Email the author ON THE FLIGHT LAUNCH OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE GLIDER AIRMODEL
Abstract
The high performance glider airmodel is launched in competitions with height gain, achieved by the kinetic energy imprinted by the competitor at the time of launch. The glider airmodel is subjected to a centrifugal force at launch time to which is added the total lifting force produced by the wing and the horizontal tail. The two forces reach significant values; so that if the flight speed of the model aircraft is 5.5 m / s and a height gain of 50 m is desired, the centrifugal force is 7.9 N and the lift force is 134.5 N and lunching force is of 138.8 N. Considering a loss of 10 %, the effective force required for launching is of 153.7 N (15.7 kgf).
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