P-51 Wings

[Zipper730]

Why do the wings have the thickest part further out at the tips with more obvious cusps than at the root?

 

[MiTasol]

Have a look at the Repair Manual - the thickest part of the P51 wing is on the butt line in the dead centre of the fuselage. Anything else is an optical illusion

 

[Zipper730]

Have a look at the Repair Manual - the thickest part of the P51 wing is on the butt line in the dead centre of the fuselage.

And this lines up just behind the P-51D's gear and around the frame of the canopy position right?

 

[MiTasol]

No - by centre I mean centre as in wing station 0