The MAC of an elliptical wing is 85% of the root chord and is located at 53% of
the half wingspan from the root chord.
The AC location for biplanes with positive stagger (top wing ahead of the bottom
wing), is found according to the drawing below.
provides a breakdown of the various types, allowing a full description of any aircraft's wing configuration. For example the Spitfire wing may be classified as a conventional low wing cantilever monoplane configuration with straight elliptical wings ...
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