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AFDD Weight Models 151<br />

19-1.2 Aircraft Wing<br />

There are two models intended for the wing of a compound helicopter: area method and parametric<br />

method. For the area method (based on weight per unit area), the total wing weight excluding folding<br />

is:<br />

wwing = SwUw<br />

fprim =1− ffair − fflap − ffit<br />

Typically Uw =5to 9 lb/ft2 . For the parametric method (AFDD93), the total wing weight including<br />

folding is:<br />

wwing =5.66411fLGloc<br />

WSD<br />

1000 cos Λw<br />

0.847<br />

n 0.39579<br />

z<br />

S 0.21754<br />

w A 0.50016<br />

w<br />

((1 + λw)/τw) 0.09359 (1 − bfold) −0.14356<br />

fprim =1− ffair − fflap − ffit − ffold<br />

where fLGloc =1.7247 if the landing gear is on the wing, and 1.0 otherwise. Based on 25 fixed-wing<br />

aircraft, the average error of the aircraft-wing equation is 3.4% (fig. 19-1). Then the primary structure,<br />

secondary structure, and control surface weights are:<br />

The wing extension weight is:<br />

wext = SextUext<br />

Wprim = χprimfprimwwing<br />

Wfair = χfairffairwwing<br />

Wflap = χflapfflapwwing<br />

Wfit = χfitffitwwing<br />

Wfold = χfoldffoldwwing<br />

Wext = χextwext<br />

wefold = fefoldWext Wefold = χefoldwefold<br />

and these terms are added to Wprim and Wfold. Parameters are defined in table 19-2, including units as<br />

used in these equations.<br />

Table 19-2. Parameters for aircraft-wing weight.<br />

parameter definition units<br />

Sw wing planform area (theoretical) ft 2<br />

Uw unit weight of wing planform lb/ft 2<br />

WSD structural design gross weight lb<br />

nz design ultimate flight load factor at WSD g<br />

Λw wing sweep angle deg<br />

Aw<br />

λw<br />

τw<br />

bfold<br />

ffair<br />

fflap<br />

ffit<br />

wing aspect ratio<br />

wing taper ratio (tip chord/root chord)<br />

wing airfoil thickness-to-chord ratio<br />

fraction wing span that folds (0 to 1)<br />

fairings (fraction total wing weight)<br />

control surfaces (fraction total wing weight)<br />

fittings (fraction total wing weight)<br />

fold/tilt (fraction total wing weight)<br />

ffold<br />

Uext unit weight of wing extension lb/ft2 Sext area of wing extensions (span bext times mean chord cext) ft 2<br />

fefold<br />

wing extension fold/tilt (fraction extension weight)

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