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Wing Incidence(iw )

The wing incidence angle is the angle between wing reference chord and fuselage reference line. Wing incidence angle is chosen to minimize drag at some operating conditions,usually cruise.The incidence angle is chosen such that when the wing is at the correct angle of attack for the selected design condition,the fuselage is at the angle of attack for minimum drag(usually at zero angle of attack). Usually wing incidence is ultimately set using wind tunnel data.However, for an initial estimate for our preliminary design we proceed as follows CLcruise = CL (iw 0L ) In the present case, CLcruise = 0.512 CL is computed using the following formula in Raymer[4], chapter 12, CL = 2+ where, 2 = 1 M 2 = 1 d F = 1.07 1 + b Sexp = area of exposed wing Substituting various values, we get CL = 6.276 rad1 L=0 for the airfoil was calculated using camber line of the supercritical airfoil with 14% thickness ratio. The value is 5.8 . Substituting the values yields a value of iw which is negative. This can be attributed to the fact that the airplane is exible. Hence the value of iw is chosen from similar airplanes. iw = 1 which is the value recommended in Raymer[4], chapter 4.
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Vertical Location of Wing

The wing vertical location for the designed airplane has been chosen to be a low wing conguration which is typical of similar airplanes. 47