In aeronautics, lift is a component of aerodynamic force that acts perpendicular to drag, and balances the weight of the aircraft against the effects of gravity to achieve flight. In astronautics however, the lift component of a flight of the spacecraft is a force directly negating and greater of the effects of gravity and atmospheric drag on the body of the spacecraft as it gains altitude, a distance between itself and the body it is lifting off from.
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Grid Fin lift to drag ratio
For a Grid Fin, what would be the most optimal way of finding the lift to drag ratio?
I am thinking about comparing lift to drag ratios of square lattice Grid Fins but with different geometrical parameters (such as thickness of the grid fin, the…
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