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Another common usage is in aviation, where it refers to the angle between the wing's chord (aircraft) and the longitudinal axis of an aircraft (a fixed value). Fig.2 shows a side view of part of an aeroplane. The wing (dotted blue line) makes an angle α with the fuselage (solid blue line). The wings are typically mounted at a small positive angle of incidence, to allow the fuselage to be "flat" to the airflow in normal cruising flight. Angles of incidence of about 6° are common on most general aviation designs. Another term for angle of incidence in this context is rigging angle.
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