ORIGINAL: SeamusG
Question about flat bottom wings. If the stab (flat) and the wing (flat bottom) are both resting on a flat surface, do they both have an angle of incidence of zero?
No because the angle of incidence on a flat bottom wing is not parallel to the flat bottom unless you have a very, very sharp leading edge. Rather the incidence is measured as a line throught the T.E. and the center of the L.E. radius. This is illustrated in the example below. The bottom of the wing is set at zero and the red line which indicates the true angle of incidence can be seen to be at a degree or so positive.