document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=242405>Question 242405</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Landing speed and weight. Because the gross weight<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the Piper Cheyenne depends on how much fuel and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cargo are on board, the proper landing speed is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "not always the same. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V=square root of 1.496L gives the landing speed in terms of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the gross weight only.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Find the landing speed if the gross weight is 7000 lb.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) What gross weight corresponds to a landing speed of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "115 ft/sec? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Because the gross weight of the Piper Cheyenne depends on how much fuel and cargo are on board, the proper landing speed is not always the same.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The formula:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V=square root of 1.496L gives the landing speed in terms of the gross weight only.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the landing speed if the gross weight is 7000 lb.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%281.496%2A7000%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%281.496%2A7000%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2810472%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2810472%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = 102.3 mph is the landing speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) What gross weight corresponds to a landing speed of 115 ft/sec?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%281.496L%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%281.496L%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 115<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.496L = 115^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.496L = 13225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=13225%2F1.496 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"13225%2F1.496\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 8,840.2 lb </SPAN>\n" );
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