PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Raked wingtips?
Thread: Raked wingtips?
View Single Post
Old 2nd June 2003 | 21:14
  #14 (permalink)  
HotDog
The Reverend
 
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 2,020
Likes: 0
From: Sydney,NSW,Australia
ft
Winglets also increase the effective wingspan and reduce the wingtip vortex. They are also bolted to the wing and you can MEL them at an approx. 2.5% performance penalty, however, they are heavier than raked wing tips. You are correct about the Hoerner wingtip, the raked wingtip concept is a derivative of that design.

If you wish to delve into this deeper, try:

http://www.desktopaero.com/appliedae...nonplanar.html

Cheers,HD
HotDog is offline