Originally Posted by
FlightPathOBN
Speaking of 'wingtip vorticies', does anyone else consider the 'winglets' on the Airbus variants to be virtually worthless?
I doubt that.
It's added 'hardware', hence weight. so if the idea was 'virtually worthless' it wouldn't be there.... engineers are not as stupid as you seem to think.
Never mind that a lot of not-Airbus aircraft now also feature winglets.
CJ