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Old 10-14-2006 | 06:59 AM
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Default RE: Wing Loading and Cubic Wing Loading

Hi,

If you want to "design" planes of different sizes to fly similar, you need to use the cubic loading formula for comparison. Simple oz/sq ft calculations are not represensitive. thus the saying "larger planes fly better" For example, a 25% cap with a wing loading of 25 oz/sq ft will fly the same as a 33% cap with 32 oz/sq ft, etc. (these are just figures to illustrate the concept, not actual calculations)


Elson