Lake Sawyer Hawks

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Incidence

Angle of the airfoil's centerline to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Positive incidence indicates that the center of the leading edge is higher than the center of the trailing edge. Negative incidence indicates that the center of the leading edge of the wing is lower than the center of the trailing edge of the wing.