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What does CLmax=14.000000 mean?

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I wonder what CLmax=14.000000 means in the missile data files?

I try to edit my sams the best I can to real world specs, but some things in the data file

are unknown to me (atleast under their name in there)

 

Anybody knows?

 

My best regards, Kodiak.

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CLmax is the point at which an aerofoil produces its maximum lift and occurs at the critical angle, any increase in alpha beyond this point and you start generating greater induced drag than lift and so stall.

 

hope that helps.

 

Craig

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And how does that translates to the sam missile??

 

My best regards, Kodiak.

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And how does that translates to the sam missile??

 

My best regards, Kodiak.

 

In the same manner that it relates to a thrown spear, an arrow shot from a bow, or a bullet.

 

It's the point at which the maximum aerodynamic lift is achieved by a given body. Exceeding this, creates drag in excess of the lift generated by that body. So, in effect, when a missile maneuvers to intercept a target, every course correction results in a loss of energy. If the course correction is extreme enough, and the missile is "coasting" at that point, one can easily see how this value effects it.

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