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Old 04-13-2012 | 07:28 PM
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edpare
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Default RE: Projet Sky Trainer 140


ORIGINAL: ahicks

14.1 oz/sq ft. is glider or maybe 3D profile type wing loading. 3 times that puts you into warbird country.
It has a wing loading of 33.3 oz/sq. ft. and a wing _cube_ loading of 14.1.
I use the calculation (lbs*16)/((wing area in sq inches/144)to the power of 1.5).
I believe the wing cube calculation takes the plane's size into account. When I checked wing loading of actual airplanes, I found wing loadings in the 200 - 300 oz/sq ft range. If so, how can they fly? I think the higher actual speeds of real airplanes enable the "laminar effect" so the wing will actually work.
Wing cube is, IMHO, more accurate.

Thus, it is pretty near (model) warbird country.
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