View Full Version : Answers on a postcard.............Anyone?
NutLoose
8th Dec 2006, 22:42
Ok, please explain this? Curiosity killed the cat so to speak............
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7281/weirdba0.jpg
Glass Half Empty
8th Dec 2006, 22:54
very easy, steps for those with short legs, you can alight at either wing in case of inclement conditions at your parking spot.:D
WorkingHard
9th Dec 2006, 06:09
Shorter wigspan, same lift????
Ghostie31
9th Dec 2006, 11:03
Reduce wing tip vorticies. Therefore reducing induced drag?
Vaguely remember reading about this a while ago.
Something to do with copying the way a bird flies...in the sense of adjustable wing tip feathers....like so..
http://www.alaska.net/~topdogch/eagle.JPG
My best guess anyways...
Been done before in 2000;
http://www.winggrid.ch/index.htm
Full explanation
Rod1
Ghostie31
9th Dec 2006, 20:44
Wahoo! I AM learning something from my Aero Eng degree!! :}
Been done before in 2000;
And before that, in the early 80s; there was a Pawnee (or similar) operating out of the Cranfield Institute of Technology with modified wingtips for the same reason. I doubt that was the first attempt, either.