What is the C(L) max?

Question

What is the C(L) max?

Answer 1

maximum coefficient of lift, it's for low minimum speed. Fred pretty much summed it up.

Answer 2

It is simply the maximum lift coefficient the airplane or wing can get to before it begins to stall.

Answer 3

(CLmax) is the  MAXIMUM LIFT COEFFICIENT of the wing.

Any discussion of minimum speed includes the notion of maximum lift coefficient (CLmax). To maintain lift in a controlled deceleration at 1 g, the lift coefficient (CL) increases as the dynamic pressure decreases (as a function of velocity squared). This increase in lift coefficient is provided by the steadily increasing ∝ during the deceleration.

At some point in the deceleration the airflow over the wing separates, causing a reduction of lift. The lift coefficient is a maximum at this point, and the corresponding speed at these conditions represents the minimum flying speed.

A high maximum lift coefficient is necessary for a low minimum speed. Wings designed for high speed are not well suited for high lift coefficients. Therefore, CLmax is typically enhanced for the takeoff and landing configurations by employing high lift devices, such as flaps, slats, or other forms of boundary layer control (BLC). The determination of stall airspeed for the takeoff or landing configuration invariably involves some of these high lift devices.

Answer 4

maximum lift coefficient.

Answer 5

Maximum Coefficient of lift.