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Airspeed
Answers
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Catapult
Speed(Vc)
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Ship
Speed(Vs)
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Wind
Speed (Vw)
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Airspeed(mph)
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Go/No
Go(>170 mph)
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150 mph
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20 mph
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-10 mph
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180
mph
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Go
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150 mph
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20 mph
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10 mph
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160
mph
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No
Go
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150 mph
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30 mph
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-30 mph
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210
mph
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Go
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150 mph
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0 mph
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20 mph
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130
mph
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No
Go
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Airspeed = Ship
Speed(Vs) + Catapult Speed(Vc) - Wind Speed(Vw)
Questions
- With no wind, at
what speed must the ship go to launch an F-14?
Vs = 20
mph
- On launch any aviator
wants to maximize lift. Based on this what would you do as Captain of
the ship any time you launch aircraft?
Turn
into the wind and go fast !!!
- Is wind direction
and ship speed a factor in landing as well?
Yes!!!
- Now convert the
completed table above to metric units(to the nearest km/h).
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Catapult
Speed(Vc)
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Ship
Speed(Vs)
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Wind
Speed (Vw)
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Airspeed
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Go/No
Go(>274 km/h)
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241
km/h
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32
km/h
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-16
km/h
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290
km/h
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Go
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241
km/h
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32
km/h
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16
km/h
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257
km/h
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No
Go
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241
km/h
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48
km/h
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-48
km/h
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338
km/h
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Go
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241
km/h
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0
km/h
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32
km/h
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209
km/h
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No
Go
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Related Pages:
Standards
Activity
Worksheet
Lesson Index
Aerodynamics Index
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