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why an equation defined for L=W works for L \neq W?
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labarba committed Aug 28, 2014
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"W = C_L S \\times\\frac{1}{2} \\rho v_t^2\n",
"\\end{equation}$$\n",
"\n",
"This is an expression for the weight that we can use also when the airplane is flying _off_ the trim condition, with a forward velocity $v$. At these other conditions, the following relation holds:\n",
"The weight $W$ is constant for the aircraft, but the lift at any other flight condition depends on the flight speed, $v$. We can use the expression for the weight in terms of $v_t$ to obtain the ration $L/W$ at any other flight velocity, as follows:\n",
"\n",
"$$\\begin{equation}\n",
"\\frac{L}{W}= \\frac{v^2}{v_t^2}\n",
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