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Old 19th August 2006 | 16:45
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Mad (Flt) Scientist
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Even on a fairly simple swept wing there's quite a difference between the mean aerodynamic and geometric chords.

If memory serves me correctly, the values for the BAe Hawk were 1.777m for geometric and about 2.1-2.2m for aerodynamic - interestingly, perhaps, it was the gemoetric chord that was used EVEN for aerodynamic purposes - it is, after all, just an arbitrary reference length.
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