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Old 12-20-2004 | 01:31 AM
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Default RE: Is wing loading relative across sizes?
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Have been reading this thread and so I decided to figure out the wing loading on an Edge I am building, It has a wing area of 1200 sq. in. and my weight will be 231 oz's which will give me a wing loading of 27.8 or 28 oz's . Will this be a floater or a lead sled?

what do you think?

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Well, nowadays, that's almost a lead sled. It really depends on your flying style. Take the hangar 9 Funtana 90 as a close example. It has 1108 sq.in.(7.69sq.ft) of wing area, and weighs about 8.5lbs, average, or 136 ounces. That figures to be a 17.7 ounce wing loading. Personally, for my flying style, if I had a 14.5lb plane with a 1200sq.in. wing area, I know I wouldn't like the way it flies, but that's just me.
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