PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - DO winglets have effect on Vref when landing?
Thread: DO winglets have effect on Vref when landing?
View Single Post
Old 14th Apr 2014, 07:41
  #70 (permalink)  
737Jock
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: ...
Posts: 3,753
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
It's because like cyclists they change the lead. But instead of dropping back straight to the back, they dropout to the side (creating the v-formation) and then crossover to the other side. Which means that one of the legs will be longer.
737Jock is offline  
Reply