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Old 16th Aug 2014, 03:41
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Lord Spandex Masher
 
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Like Dan said, it's not really Alpha as that is defined, aerodynamically, as the angle between the chord of the wing and the freestream airflow.

As the angle of incidence varies along the span of the wing so does Alpha.
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