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Old 5th February 2010 | 17:33
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atc4usaf
 
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Well, I use DATCOM and since the CRJ's wings are pretty much double delta wings with a break span instead of a straight tapered wing. So, with three-view top down view in hand, I measured the root chord, tip chord and break-span chord. Then with the formula: (b/2)*root chord*(1+taper ratio) These are for both the inboard and outboard panels. Add them up and you should get the total wing area. I get 322.8 for the inboard panels and 279.52 for the outboard panels. Add them up and you get 602.32 whereas the advertised CRJ area is 520.4.
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