A letter I sent to the Wings Channel

I understand that's one of the reasons for wash-out in a wing, so that the
twist gives different parts of the wing different angles of attach so as to
control which portions of the wing stall first. If different segments of
the wing have different angles of attack, it seems it would follow that they
also would contribute different amounts of lift.

"Roger Halstead" wrote in message
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The other is that all bits of the wing contribute equally to the lift.
I'm probably missing something, but I think different areas of the
wing produce different amounts of lift per square inch, or square
foot. Particularly where the airfoil changes shape between the root
and the tip as opposed to a constant cord wing like the old Hershey
bar wing on the Cherokees.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

Tim