What are the three fundamental wing designs?
Wing geometry encompasses the taper ratio and sweep angle. Alterations in the taper ratio, defined as the ratio between the tip chord and root chord, can primarily result in three different planforms: rectangular, trapezoidal and delta shaped. Taper ratio is one of the parameters on planform geometry which means the ratio of the root and tip chord lengths of a wing. Hence, its effects on wing’s aerodynamic parameters are also important and should be taken into con- sideration during a wing design process [2] [3].
What are the four types of wings?
There are four general wing shapes that are common in birds: passive soaring, active soaring, elliptical wings, and high-speed wings. Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) and are the only animals with feathers. Although all birds have wings, a few species can’t fly.