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Old 03-16-2006 | 10:10 PM
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Default RE: wing loading definition

Paul's got it in a nutshell. But I can't help but wonder if this source is thinking along the lines that Racecity is relating. Not that the wing loading definition changes but that as the CG shifts and the lift load provided by the stabilizer changes it places a bigger or lesser burden on the wing. If so then yeah, it does but it is a load change that is not normally taken into account under the classic definition.