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The safety margin for the maximum CL

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Anna Tian

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The big airliner has safety margin of 1.23 for the maximum CL. That means the maximum CL of the big airliner needs to be at least 1.23 times of the CL it actually needs during landing.

Currently I’m designing a remote control unmanned aircraft. Its wing is only 4m*1m. I’m thinking about that the big airliner’s 1.23 safety margin could be too strict for my case. The clear difference is: even if my RC aircraft crashes, no people will die. My RC aircraft has no need to be as safe as big airliner.

I’m wondering is there another safety margin criteria that I can reference? Any experience on that?
 
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