Preliminary Design Review - Purdue University

where C is specific fuel consumption (SFC), d is duration in hours, and T/W is the idle (20%) thrust-to-weight ratio. Duration for this segment is assumed to be 14 minutes as specified in chapter 19 of Raymer [10]. Since the engine of the aircraft was known to be 200 horsepower,the thrust-to-weight ratio was calculated using the equation ... ................
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