Holy Cow! Did I ever open up a can of worms.. LOL

Bruce: The formua I used was pretty close to what you had above. What I have here is a TRAPEZOID.

I measured my root from the imaginaty point (that isn't there) of my DELTA point to the trailing edge. That was 48". Add the 6" for the wing tip length = 52" /2= 26 (AVERAGE CHORD)

WING AREA = WING SPAN X AVERAGE CHORD

WING SPAN IS 60" - A TRAPEZOID ONLY MEASURES 1/2 OF THE WHOLE WING (WS/2=30)

26X30=780


combatpig quote "That engine belongs in a 36 inch span delta if the object of this exercise is speed and not just noise.


Are you referring to the ROSSI engine? The FORCE ONE (in question) was originally designed by laddie mikulasko way back in to early to mid 80's == it came out as a 36.5" Ws PUSHER. I've built that plane
5-6 x and I only needed a .40 on it


I started this thread simply because I don't know much about WING LOADING. eventually, a variety of answers will come out of the woodwork. LEARNING what I can from this forum is what it's all about. (I thought)

I have been under the weather for the past couple of years but its SLOWLY coming back. Hopefully, I'll get this thing in the air before the end of the flying season. - if not, well, there's always next year.

In the middle of all this stuff I have a 12 year old child with Cerebral Palsy. She has been the Youth Embassador for the MANITOBA EASTER SEALS. Taking her to and from all the events that is required really cuts into my weekend flying time.

Not only that, the C/L club I belong to (THE PERFECT CIRCLE FLYING CLUB) has made her an honorary member as of last week. She now has some more responsabilities as their Embassador - but at least that gets me out to one of the fields.

Thank you ALL for so much incredibly valuable information

marwen1