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Old 01-18-2005 | 04:53 PM
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Default RE: tapered swept wings vs constant chord wings?

Among other things, the stall angle of attack depends on the size of the airfoil.

In a tapered wing, the tip airfoil is smaller than the root, which allows the tip to stall at a lower AOA. Tapered wings usually have a bit of washout (tip chord line is "twisted" leading edge down relative to the root chord) the at the tip to correct for this.

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Jim