Eric: I can be wrong on this but I think that is whaht is ment by the MACwhich is the lingthof the line 1l2 way between the upper and lower surface which would be slightly longer. I would not worry about the theoretical benifits of that though because as a practical mater there are probably enough imperfections elsewhere to eat up what little is gained by cosidering the difference.
Don ---------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson wrote: > I read somewhere that the square footage of a wing is what you would get if > if you stripped the upper surface off and laid it out flat. So it is always > a little more than the chord x span. > > -Eric in Mpls > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
