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Old 03-16-2006 | 08:49 PM
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Tall Paul
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Default RE: wing loading definition

I've never encountered any definition of wingloading that accomodates a c.g. shift.
Area divided by weight.
In FAI competitions, the area of the wing -and- the horizontal count for their wingloading spec.
Mostly, the rest of us just measure the wing area in plan view. No allowances for alpha, or c.g.