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A typical phugoid period for a jet transport in cruise lies in the range

  • A.30 to 120 seconds
  • B.1 to 5 seconds
  • C.5 to 15 seconds
  • D.10 to 30 minutes

Answer: A

The band is roughly thirty seconds to two minutes, and the reason is \( T = \sqrt{2}\pi u_0/g \): at cruise speeds between about 70 and 250 metres per second the formula returns 32 to 113 seconds. One to five seconds is the short period's range. Five to fifteen seconds falls in the gap between the two modes, where a conventional aeroplane has nothing. Tens of minutes is far too slow for any aerodynamic mode, and would put the oscillation on the timescale of a fuel burn trend rather than a dynamic response.

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