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4th April 2008 | 15:13

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barit1

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From: flyover country USA

I have often wondered - the winglet has the effect of moving the spanwise center of lift outboard on the wing, and thus increases the bending stresses in the centersection/wingbox area.

Surely this is accounted for in the max ZFW calculation - ??

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