Increment in Aircraft Drag Coefficient due to Speed Brake Deflection

Type

Deflection

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Solid plates:

60 deg deflection at 0.8c

0.63

90 deg deflection at 0.6c

1.60

90 deg deflection at 1.0c

1.25

Flat plate perpendicular to fuselage 1.00