Does the length of the fuselage or pod extend through the wing chord?
If an individual body (be it fuselage or pod) extends both ahead of and behind the wing planform, the length across the wing chord is included, as the body length is from the leading to trailing end of the body. If a body exists only ahead of or behind the wing planform, but not both, the length of the body is that length beyond the wing planform (and the area over the wing planform is considered to be a fairing). • Question: Where is the line drawn between a bump on a wing and a pod? For instance, what are mostly embedded engines, unfaired motor mounts, and faired, externally mounted servos considered? Answer: A wing mounted nacelle/engine (faired or not) or boom is a pod, as is any other wing mounted structure that extends outside of the basic wing planform (i.e. ahead of the leading edge, behind the trailing edge, or spanwise beyond the wing tip profile when the high lift devices are retracted). The length is that portion of the pod (including a spinner) that extends beyond the wing
