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eutral Point and Static Margin Calculation

neutral point position as a percent of wing mean aerodynamic chord

position of the aerodynamic center as percentage of the wing mean aerodynamic chord

efficiency of the stabilizer 0.9(T-tail), 0.6(normal), 0.95-1.0(canard foreplane)

stabilizer volume coefficient

stabilizer; derivative of lift coefficient with respect to angle of attack (α)

wing; derivative of the lift coefficient with respect to angle of attack (α)

derivative of stabilizer down wash angle with respect to wing angle of attack

aspect ratio of wing

wing span

wing area

wing mean chord length

stabilizer wing span

stabilizer area

stabilizer aspect ratio

stabilizer mean chord

distance from stabilizer aerodynamic center to the wing's aerodynamic center

wing taper ratio

Wing
Calculations
Wing Taper Ratio and Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC)

(root chord) (tip chord)

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(wing mean aerodynamic chord)

(stabilizer mean aerodynamic chord)

Wing Area and Aspect Ratio

Neutral Point and Static Margin

Distance from stabilizer aerodynamic center to the wing's aerodynamic center:

Stabilizer volume coefficient:

Stabilizer efficiency:

Slope of lift coefficient with respect to angle of attack of wing for an infinite span airfoil. This is taken form the drag polar
graph and is the linear portion of this curve.

Correction for aspect ratio on a finite span airfoil:

Down wash angle of the stabilizer with respect to the wing angle of attack, α:
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(estimated)

Neutral point calculation:

(percentages of mean aerodynamic chord)

Static margin as a percentage of the mean aerodynamic chord. This value neglects the effects of the fuselage as well as
the effects of the propellers:
(stable range)

Linear distances of calculated values from leading edge of the main wing:

Linear distance between the center of gravity of the aircraft and the aerodynamic center of the wing:

Linear distance between the neutral point and the aircraft center of gravity:

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