Originally Posted by
Scuffers
OK, as an engineer, I am struggling to understand how winglets would make any difference to the loading on this fork?
My thinking is this, the plane's body mass has to be supported by the wings, makes no odds if the wings are bigger/smaller or more/less efficient, they still have to hold up the same mass.
But the mass can, and does, move up and down as it flies along.
Last edited by occasional; 12th Oct 2019 at 12:44.