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Airspeed
100
Measure for the sharpness of the leading edge
What is Leading Edge Radius
100
amount of camber in percentage of chord in the four-digit series
What is given by the first digit
100
29.92
What is standard sea-level pressure in inches of Mercury
100
=CL*q*S
What is Lift 'L'
100
corrected for compressibility
What is Equivalent Airspeed
200
a line drawn halfway between upper and lower surface
What is Mean Camber Line
200
given by the last two digits in the four-digit series as the percentage of chord
What is Maximum Thickness
200
15
What is standard sea-level temperature in degree Celsius
200
=1/2 * rho * V^2
What is Dynamic Pressure 'q'
200
airspeed corrected for installation & position errors
What is Calibrated Airspeed
300
maximum distance between upper and lower surface
What is Maximum Thickness
300
Indicates the series in the 6-series
What is the first digit
300
2116
What is standard sea-level pressure in pound per square foot
300
F=m*a
What is Newton's Second Law
300
direct reading on the airspeed indicator
What is Indicated airspeed
400
Straight line connecting the leading and trailing edges
What is the Chord Line
400
designates the design lift coefficient in tenth in a 6-series airfoil
What is the third digit
400
0.002377
What is standard sea-level density in slugs per cubic foot
400
For inviscid, incompressible flow: p + (rho*V^2)/2 = const.
What is Bernoulli's Equation
400
EAS corrected for non-standard density
What is True Airspeed
500
Maximum distance between the Mean Camber Line and the Chord Line
What is Maximum Camber
500
designated by the second digit in a four-digit series
What is the position of maximum camber in tenth of chord
500
-273
What is absolute zero temperature in degree Celsius
500
For subsonic, incompressible flow, velocity is inversely proportional to cross-sectional area
What is Continuity Equation
500
1/2 rho V^2
What is dynamic pressure