Wing Section
The chord-wise cross section of a wing. Since the first days of flight wing sections have been continually changing and optimised for different aspects: lift, drag, low speed, high speed, strength.....
Wing Section: The form of the cross-section of an aerofoil which determines its aerodynamic characteristics, in particular the lift and drag coefficients and the lift-drag ratio.
As the AOA of the wing section is increased, the point of minimum pressure moves towards the leading edge, with increasingly high suction being achieved.
11If the red-radial-line (as defined in the following section) is down near the bottom of the green arc, it is a good guess that wing stall is what limits the airplane's low-speed controllability.
Sweep the wing leading edge back, either as a swept wing or delta wing, and reduce the angle of incidence of the outer wing section so that it acts rather like a conventional tailplane stabiliser.
Thin, modern wings will be more critical with ice on them than thick, older wing sections. The tail surfaces of an airplane will normally ice up much faster than the wing.
But, let us go back to something less serious (!?!) and look at the airfoil or wing section of our airplane in such a way that we will have a little better understanding of how our aircraft flies.
Relative Motion ...
That may not be surprising, considering that Maules share the Cub's USA 35B modified wing section.
 See also: Section, Speed, Aircraft, Drag, Wing
  
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