Question

As a designer I want to reduce the empty weight of my aircraft. Therefore I will ______

(a) increase wing loading

(b) decrease wing loading

(c) wing loading has no effect

(d) will reduce by exactly half

I had been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Wing Loading in division Thrust-Weight Ratio and Wing Loading of Aircraft Design

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) increase wing loading

For explanation I would say: Wing loading is directly related to the weight of the aircraft. High wing loading refers to the small wings and vice-versa. Hence, to decrease the empty weight, we can increase the wing loading by reducing reference area.