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Old 5th November 2004 | 23:57
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swh

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Technically, winglets do increase fuel burn as they add weight to the aircraft and increase profile drag...they do improve the Oswald’s efficiency factor for the platform which will reduce the induced drag...however this is a trade off on sector length.

Winglets are not normally installed on 737NG or 747-400s used on short sectors as there is no or little efficiency gain for the weight gain.

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