Question: Problem 3 : Lockheed P - 3 8 Lightning The Lockheed P - 3 8 Lightning was an American fighter aircraft designed by Clarence 'Kelly'

Problem 3: Lockheed P-38 Lightning
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was an American fighter aircraft designed by Clarence
'Kelly' Johnson for use in World War II.(Kelly Johnson also designed the iconic Lock-
heed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird, among other aircraft.) The P-38 uses a NACA 4412
airfoil for the outboard portion of its wing, which has a mean camber line defined by:
zc={0.25[0.8xc-(xc)2]for0xc0.40.111[0.2+0.8xc-(xc)2]for0.4xc1
where c is the chord length, and x and z are in units of length. In the analysis below,
ignore the taper and the inboard portion of the wing.
(a) Using Thin Airfoil Theory, set up integral expressions for the zero-lift angle of
attack (L=0) in terms of the transformed variable . Ensure that you include the
correct integration limits, but please do not actually integrate anything.
(b) Given L=0=-4.16, calculate the lift coefficient (Cl) when =3.
(c) Set up integral expressions for the coefficients A1 and A2 in the series expansion
of the circulation distribution. Ensure that you include the correct integration limits,
but again please do not actually integrate anything.
(d) Given A1=0.1630 and A2=0.0277, calculate Cm,c4 and xcpc when =3.
Problem 3 : Lockheed P - 3 8 Lightning The

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