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Does anyone know things like

root chord
root thickness
total enclosed volume
total structural weight of wing
total MTOW of the plane
for the following planes:

Spruce Goose

Spruce Goose had wingspan about 97,6 m, area around 1000 square metres, thus mean chord about 10 m. The root chord allegedly 15,5 m and again allegedly the biggest - but see some other planes.

The root thickness allegedly 3,5 m.

Who has an idea about the enclosed volume, wing structural weight and MTOW supported?

B-36

Convair B-36 seems to be the biggest mass-produced piston propeller plane.

Wingspan was about 70 m. Wing root thickness about 2,3 m.

Does anyone know the wing enclosed volume, the wing structural weight and MTOW?

B-747-400

B747 is the biggest civil jet now in mass service. Wingspan 64,4 m.

Can anyone quote root chord, root thickness, total weight of wing and volume enclosed?

An-225

An-225 is the biggest landplane. Wingspan 88,4 m.

Does anyone know the root chord, root thickness, total enclosed volume and structural weight of the wing?

Ai-380-800

Airbus 380-800 is a big plane now having several flying, so pretty much in a decided shape.

Wingspan 79,8 m. Does anyone know the root chord, root thickness, enclosed volume and the weight of wing?

Concorde

Concorde had a delta wing, with root chord of 29 m or so.

What was the root thickness, enclosed volume and structural weight of wing?

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The "Root" of the wing is the part closest to the fuselage, in essence the bit connected.

Therefore:

root chord: The straight line distance between the leading edge (front) and trailing edge (back) of the wing at the root.
root thickness: Maximum thickness of the wing at the join with the fuselage
total enclosed volume: The volume of the wing if there was nothing underneath its skin but empty space.
total structural weight of wing: Not 100% sure but would assume its the total weight of each wing's structure. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!)
total MTOW of the plane: MTOW=Maximum Take Off Weight. Therefore the greatest weight that the aircraft, and more importantly the lift-generating devices can cope with.

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total MTOW of the plane: MTOW=Maximum Take Off Weight. Therefore the greatest weight that the aircraft, and more importantly the lift-generating devices can cope with.

Indeed. It is, of course, harder to measure than the OEW of a plane!

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Was it questions about things you didn;t know...or are you just testing us.

If its the latter, sorry for giving all the answers :P

Member for

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Was it questions about things you didn;t know...or are you just testing us.

If its the latter, sorry for giving all the answers :P


Questions about the things I did not know.

The definitions I thought I understood, so those are not new.