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Once the design point is chosen, the wing area follows from

  • A.The aspect ratio and span alone
  • B.The thrust-to-weight ratio
  • C.Dividing the design weight by the chosen wing loading
  • D.Multiplying the design weight by the wing loading

Answer: C

Correct answer: Dividing the design weight by the chosen wing loading

Wing loading is weight per unit wing area, so the area follows by rearrangement:

\[ S = \frac{W}{(W/S)} \]

A design weight of \( 640 \) kN at a wing loading of \( 5.8 \) kN/m\(^2\) therefore needs about \( 110 \) m\(^2\). Multiplying instead of dividing gives a nonsensical figure some thirty times too large. The installed thrust follows in the same way from the other coordinate, \( T = W \times (T/W) \), and these two numbers are the principal output of the whole analysis.

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