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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)