--- "B. Ferguson" <gsxr...@houston.rr.com> wrote: > With a wing being a 3D shape I wonder if another > figure is being > included in the wing area. If you look at a wing > from above and use this > as an area to be measured that is one figure. If you > were to look at an > airfoil along its axis you would find that in most > cases the bottom of > the wing has some type of curve involved.
No... Wing area is defined as the 2D planform area and does include the interpolated planform section that may pass through the fuselage, engine nacelles, tail booms, etc... as if they weren't there and the wing continued. Matt ===== ------------------------------------------------- Matthew Elder Orangeburg, SC http://www.infinigral.com/melder My Airplane Project: http://kr1.infinigral.com
