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Neutral Point - Cm(alpha) fus - Aclaration

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Eduardo Fadul

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I have doubt trying to determinate the KF, i'm trying to determinate the fuselage Cm(alpha) and Raymer gives a reference with the postiion of quarter root chord in % of fuselage length [NACA TR 711], my plane is like the ov-10 so for my the fuselage length its assuming a virtual length like "a conventional aircraft" because the empennage its at the end of the tail boom but a college teacher says that the length is its actual length, i think that it's wrong because that would be like assuming a plane tailless of something like that.


fus length.jpg

With this the NP goes from the 11% to 24%, which is totally crazy :ponder: :ponder: :ponder:

About that, what its the reference for the % of NP, i know that around 10% its good, but what around the other ranks?? Thanks in advance
 
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