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I'm doing this for a High School research paper, so it would be preferable if little calculus is used for any calculations (up to Calculus I is probably okay). This should be based off of the flight profile of any Boeing 737 classic. The Angle of Attack is known, lift produced by the aircraft is known, as well as the airspeed (assuming that it is only in the horizontal axis). Is there any physics equation that relates these variables together?

Joe Dahl
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  • This may help a bit -- https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/56476/34686 -- you can see that it's not really a problem about lift. If you look at it as a vector problem, the "Thrust-Drag" vector plays a critical role. And any time you are holding angle-of-attack constant (and also not making any changes in a/c configuration like lowering/raising flaps) you can assume that the LIft and Drag coefficients are constant, which means you can pick either the Lift vector or the Drag vector and assume that airspeed must be proportional to the square root of that vector. Well, that's just a tiny start-- – quiet flyer Dec 27 '23 at 01:01
  • (Comment above uses airspeed to mean the airspeed along the flight path, not horizontally.) – quiet flyer Dec 27 '23 at 01:04
  • There are many answers here with the equation that you need, I like this one for example. – sophit Dec 27 '23 at 03:41
  • For a precise answer, there are secondary effects to consider. – Peter Kämpf Dec 27 '23 at 11:49
  • Sorry about replying a bit late, but yes this does. Thanks for the help – Joe Dahl Dec 28 '23 at 19:31

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