Three airplanes of the same type having elliptical wings


Question: Three airplanes of the same type, having elliptical wings with an aspect ratio of 6, fly in vee formation at 67 ms-1 with CL = 1.2. The followers keep a distance of one span length behind the leader and the same distance apart from each another. Estimate the percentage savings in induced drag due to flying in this formation.

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