PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Why doesnt the B777 use winglets?
View Single Post
Old 12th Oct 2010, 16:02
  #1 (permalink)  
Roxy_Chick_1989
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Canberra, ACT
Posts: 83
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Why doesnt the B777 use winglets?

I have done many searches on this topic, but all i can seem to find is 'the 777 uses a computer designed wing and bla bla bla...' Im not sure if this cuts the mustard, so a few other ideas i have come up with

-Supercritical wing (although i am not sure if there are other transport cat a/c with this)
-High aspect ratio (as above)
-Raked wingtips

Can anyone else add to the list? and perhaps explain this question.
Roxy_Chick_1989 is offline