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Old 01-04-2007 | 09:12 PM
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Default RE: Wing Area???

The convention is to measure wing area (including flaps/ailerons) as though the wing was off the plane so it also includes the area taken up by the fuselage. It's a silly idea really but it's the standard everyone uses to get some comparison between models and even to calculate wing loadings. Some argue that it's done because the fuselage itself can develop some lift.