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Old 10-19-2015, 08:00 AM
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Whats the total wing area of your 46% Pitts Ace?

The full sized Pitts has a total wing area of 125 square feet, that is 18000 square inches... multiply that by 46%, you get 57.5 square feet, or 8280 square inches... at 50 pounds gross weight, I get 13.9 oz./ sq ft wing loading... that is like a feather compared to my 1/4 scale super cub, which has a wing loading of 29.6 oz / sq ft... I do recall you mentioned your total wing area was less than 8280, but I forgot, too lazy to go looking, but even if it were 6280 square inches, that's still only 18.3 oz / sq ft.... at 60 pounds you would have a wing loading of 22 oz / sq ft @ 6280 square inches wing area, still very light wing loading.


John M,