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Old 10-31-2002 | 08:46 PM
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ilikeplanes
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Default Wingloading Effects

I wish we would all start using cubic or volumetric loading as some have suggested. It would be much simpler to say a model, regardless of size, has a volumetric wing loading of .18 oz/cid. Yes, smaller wings are less effective because of Reynolds number etc. It would also reveal why big airplanes fly more realistically. In most cases, they have much lower volumetric loading AND they fly at higher Reynold number.