General Aviation Aircraft Design

Index

Note: Page numbers with “f” denote figures; “t” tables; and “b” boxes.

A

A-tail, 495–496

Absolute ceiling, 840–842, 841f

Absolute viscosity, See Dynamic viscosity

AC, See Advisory circular, Standard airworthiness certificate

Acceleration

on flat runway, 48, 798

fuselage reducing, 602–603

graph for SR22, 812f

ground run distance estimation with, 802–803

to higher airspeed, 289

thrust estimation, 807

thrust-to-weight ratios, 799

on uphill slope, 48, 798

AD, See Airworthiness Directive

Additive drag, 698–700, 708

of antennas, 731

placement and shape, 732f

of blisters, 728

drag contribution, 729f

example, 729b

of canopies, 727

canopy styles, 728f

drag coefficients for canopy styles, 728, 729f

coefficient, 708, 715

due to compressibility effects, ...