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Old 13th Nov 2018, 17:36
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Originally Posted by Vessbot
True, but the difference between nose and wing chord is fixed, and small, and can therefore be disregarded when talking about understanding changes, i.e., if you do this with the AOA, the airplane will respond like that. The nose vs. wing difference is just the adjustment of a fixed datum, for which difference us pilots don't have any data to base on anyway. So nose symbol vs. FPV is good for a basic conception.
Yes, for the record the 737's wing root incidence is about +1°, so the difference between fuselage and wing AoA will be negligible.
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