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Old 26th Sep 2006, 16:59
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Chesty Morgan
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No, because you've shortened the horizontal span of the wing (the lift producing area), although it would have less drag than a wing of the same span without winglets.

But you could fly faster to produce the same amount of lift from the shorter wing with winglets. But..err...then you produce more drag
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