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BigV · 08-03-2014, 12:03 PM

She's very graceful, isn't she. I noted just on the last landing shot that the winglets/tips are practically absent. Clearly not an oversight. I wonder what it is about the shape of that wing that makes it just as effective without the winglets that I see in many other jetliners of that (approximate) scale.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2014, 12:49 PM

They found the blended winglets gave less vortices drag, hence better mileage, than the other designs. Also strangely enough, appearance of the upright wing tips made some people uncomfortable. Maybe Peter Benchley's fault.

John Sellers · 04-29-2016, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

She's very graceful, isn't she?

She certainly is.

08-03-2014, 12:03 PM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	She's very graceful, isn't she. I noted just on the last landing shot that the winglets/tips are practically absent. Clearly not an oversight. I wonder what it is about the shape of that wing that makes it just as effective without the winglets that I see in many other jetliners of that (approximate) scale. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-03-2014, 12:49 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They found the blended winglets gave less vortices drag, hence better mileage, than the other designs. Also strangely enough, appearance of the upright wing tips made some people uncomfortable. Maybe Peter Benchley's fault. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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