GATE AE · 2025 · AE
Question 52: Airplane Performance
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Question 52
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A jet-powered airplane is steadily climbing at a rate of 10 m/s. The air density is 0.8 kg/m
, and the thrust force is aligned with the flight path. Using the information provided in the table below, the airplane’s thrust to weight ratio is
(rounded off to one decimal place).|Airplane speed|80 m/s|
|---|---|
|Lift coefficient,
|0.8|
|Aspect ratio|6|
|Oswald efficiency factor|0.8|
|Zero-lift drag coefficient|0.02|Log in to check the answer
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2025AE
GATE AE 2025 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Aerospace Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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