the total weight of an aircraft divided by its wing area
wing loading in American English
the total weight of a loaded airplane, divided by the area of the wings
: also wing load
Examples of 'wing loading' in a sentence
wing loading
The sailplane’s wing loading was 39.4 kg/m 2.
Peep Lauk, Karl-Erik Seegel, Toivo Tähemaa 2017, 'Impact of variable geometry miniflaps on sailplane flight characteristics', Aviationhttp://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Aviation/article/view/348. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This analysis yields the required power loading and wing loading.
M. HASSANALIAN, R. SALAZAR, A. ABDELKEFI 2019, 'Conceptual design and optimization of a tilt-rotor micro air vehicle', Chinese Journal of Aeronauticshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1000936118303443. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The criterion consists of three factors, namely, the environment, aerodynamics, and wing loading.
Shangqiu Shan, Zhongxi Hou, Bingjie Zhu 2017, 'Albatross-Like Utilization of Wind Gradient for Unpowered Flight of Fixed-Wing Aircraft',Applied Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/10/1061. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Alternatively, they could reduce body mass at the end of this period, thereby reducing wing-loading to increase flight capability.
Anouck Viain, Jean-Pierre L. Savard, Scott Gilliland, Matthew C. Perry, Magella Guillemette 2014, 'Do Seaducks Minimise the Flightless Period?: Inter- and Intra-Specific Comparisonsof Remigial Moult', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0107929. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Desmodus rotundus showed the lowest wing span (relative to the expected one) and the largest wing loading.
MAURICIO CANALS, BRUNO GROSSI, JOSE IRIARTE-DÍAZ, CLAUDIO VELOSO 2005, 'Biomechanical and ecological relationships of wing morphology of eight Chilean batsRelaciones biomecánicas y ecológicas de la morfología alar de ocho quirópteros chilenos',Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2005000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)