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Old 1st May 2007, 02:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default how to measure wing sweep angle??

How is the wing sweep angle measured.

according to the the definition by wiki
" the angle between the perpendicular to the design centreline of the
wing in the wing plane, and either the leading edge or ¼ chord line"

what is this 1/4 chord line??
can anyone explain it to me in simple terms

 
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Old 1st May 2007, 03:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default how to measure wing sweep angle??

When an airfoil is drawn in profile the line from the forwardmost
point to the rearwardmost point is the chord line. The quarter-chord
point is a quarter of the length back from the leading edge. Plot the
quarter-chord points all along the wingspan in plan view and you have
the quarter-chord line (which may not be a straight line, making the
determination of the sweep angle problematic in such cases).

 
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