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Old 09-22-2002 | 11:09 AM
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Ed Smith
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Default Wing area tapered wing

796.5 sq" will give you a biplane.

For a straight tapered wing do this: add the root and tip chord, divide by two, multiply the result by the span.

for your wing you will get 398.25 sq"

Ed S