Wing Area calculation

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CALCULATING WING AREA

Calculating wing area is not as difficult as you might think. Wings are a series of rectangles, triangles and elliptical or semi elliptical. These areas are fairly simple to find.

	Area of a rectangle = Area = L x W (length times it width)
	Area of a triangle = 1/2 B x H (one half the base times its height)
	Area of elliptical Area = (pi) x (L x W) x 1/4

(pi) = 3.14
L = the length at the major axis
W = the length at the minor axis

If a wing is straight on either the leading or trailing edge and tapered on the opposite edge break it down into a series of triangles and rectangles and adding the totals of the areas.

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