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- The following may be useful to those interested in maximum operating
- airspeeds of civil airliners. The data is derived from published
- straight-line performance graphs for the 727-200, and follows the form:
- V = mh + b
-
- where V = Velocity-maximum operating, VMO, in indicated airspeed.
- h = indicated pressure altitude,
- b = translational offset.
-
- The airspeed warning system has two considerations: airspeed and
- structural limitations.
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- The airspeed warning system has two user-selectable modes, A and B, to
- handle the structural limitation. Mode B is used when the airplane weighs
- more than 172,000 lbs, or has a zero-fuel weight of more than 136,000
- lbs. Mode A is used, otherwise. In both cases, structural speed limits
- are significantly less than airspeed limits.
-
- The 727's airspeed limitations are defined by mach, at 0.88 to
- 0.90, depending on configuration. Airspeed limitations become the
- limiting factor for Mode B over 25,000'. For Mode A, 20,000'.
-
- When the airplane exceeds VMO, a clacker sounds, until speed is
- reduced under VMO again.
-
- Granted, this is just arcane knowledge, but those of you with
- programmable calculators might have some fun with it.
-
-
- For Mode A:
- h =[0,10000)
- m = 0.0016
- b = 380
- h = [10000,21000)
- m = 0.0012727
- b = 383.273
- h = [21000,41000]
- m = -0.00675
- b = 538.75
- For Mode B:
- h = [0,25000)
- m = 0.0008
- b = 350.0
- h = [25000,41000]
- m = -0.00675
- b = 538.75
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- Robert Dorsett
- Internet: rdd@rascal.ics.utexas.edu
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