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Old 07-07-2009 | 07:30 PM
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Default RE: Wing loading for twin?

There's no need to worry about the reduction in wing area. It's minimal and the nacelles will still supply some of the lost lift just from their surface area. For example when wing area is calculated it always includes the fuselage area except in extreme cases such as scale modern jets or in special cases where the fuselage width is quite a size in comparison to the wing span.