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Old 01-31-2002 | 05:03 AM
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Ollie
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The Mean Aerodynamic Chord and average chord are the same for a constant chord wing but, the greater the taper the larger the MAC is compared to the average chord. See:
http://www.palosrc.com/instructors/mac.htm