Culver Wing Twist Calculation (with Oser Linear Approx.

*) Example
Weight 5.00 lbs
Design Inputs Constants Wing Area 300 in^2
Design Lift Coefficient Cl 0.49 Pi 3.14159 Airspeed 45 mph
1/2 Chord Line Sweep Sw 25 degrees G 1.00
Aspect Ratio AR 10.70 AR Calculator
Wing Span ( <= 200 ) b 99 inches Root Chord cr 9.25 inches Wing Span 99.00
Half-Span s 49.5 inches Tip Chord ce 9.25 inches Aspect Ratio 10.70

Station Calculator Half-Span Station Twist Notes:

Optimum Wing Tip Washout Ao 6.61 degrees 0s 0.00 Enter data only into the white cells with red numbers.
Part Span Station x 19.80 inches .1s -1.64 Based on the formula by Irv Culver as found in Tailless Tale.
Incidence at Part-Span Station Ax -4.95 degrees .2s -3.00 This spreadsheet is for use with single taper wings which are,
.3s -4.09 owing to the twist requirements, broken up into multiple
Equivalent Linear Twist -8.75 deg .4s -4.95 segments. The 1/2 chord line sweep is the sweep of the line
Bi-Linear Twist 19.8 inches -4.95 deg .5s -5.60 from the half chord of the root to the half chord of the tip.
49.5 inches -7.36 deg .6s -6.06 Modified to include Linear approximations by M. Oser.
.7s -6.36
.8s -6.53
.9s -6.60
0s 6.61

Half-Span, inches
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Optimum
-1.00 Twist
Linear Twist
Absolute Twist Value, degrees

-2.00 Bi-Linear
Wing Tip
-3.00

-4.00

-5.00

-6.00

-7.00

-8.00

-9.00

-10.00

Culver Twist Distribution with Oser Linear Approx.

* The linear approximation balances the area moments of the two curves about the aircraft centerline.