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Wing Loading Calculator

Posted on April 29th, 2005

Use this calculator to determine the wingload of a R/C plane. Don’t blame or praise me for this Javascript. I didn’t come up with it, found it at www.csd.net/~cgadd/eflight

Calculate Wing Loading:

Measurement Imperial units Metric units
Wingspan inches mm
 
Wing root chord inches mm
Wing tip chord inches mm
or
Average Wing chord inches mm
 
Model Weight ounces grams
Wing Area sq.in sq.dm
Total Wing Loading oz/sq.ft g/sq.dm
Wing Loading
Loading Type
10 oz/sq.ft Glider
15 oz/sq.ft Trainers
20 oz/sq.ft Sport Plane
25 oz/sq.ft Fighters

Formulas used:

Wing Loading, Imperial
Loading (oz/sq.ft) = Weight(oz) / ( Wingspan(in) * Wing Chord(in) / 144 )

Wing Loading, Metric
Loading (g/sq.dm) = Weight(g) / ( Wingspan(mm) * Wing Chord(mm) / 10000 )

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