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). |