How do you find the Chord of a wing?

Author	Topic: How do you find the Chord of a wing?
ArgonV Pilot	posted 02-10- 03:36 PM Any ideas? I really need this info... IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 02-10- 11:45 PM The chord is the average thicknes of the wing from leading edge to trailing edge. If it is a tapering wing, just average the chord length at the tip and the root. ------------------ -Sv Wings with Wires IP: Logged
ArgonV Pilot	posted 02-10- 11:51 PM Thanks! The average eh? Well what if the last 5 feet of the wing start to round back? Not all the way tapered, but tapered at the tip...? Do I average it then? IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 02-11- 08:34 AM I would take a best guess... or break the wing into sections and average each section's average The real way to do it would be to add a seperate airFoil/airPt object for each section of the wing that has its own chord. area, AR, etc. This is KEY to FM success. A really crazy wing (like the taube for example) could have 3 airPts per wing! Also this could simulate wign warping or odd control surfaces, etc. ------------------ -Sv Wings with Wires IP: Logged
ArgonV Pilot	posted 02-11- 12:08 PM Thanks! The wing tip now has a different Chord than the rest. I averaged it in sections. IP: Logged

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