Do You Know : New Winglet Designs From Aviation Partners Will Conserve Even More Fuel For Airlines If you’ve ever spent time staring out the window of your commercial flight, chances are you saw the wing of your airplane and the geometric extension at its end. Called a wingtip, that section is an attachment to help control the flow of air over the wing, producing a smooth, laminar stream and reducing drag on the aircraft. Depending on the design, it can help reduce fuel costs by over 10 percent, which is a huge amount of annual savings for an airline. So you can bet that a lot of research goes into designing and optimizing those wing tips.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:30:57 +0000
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