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Winglets On B767

Asianguy767 From Singapore, joined Oct 2003, 263 posts, RR: 0
Posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 4060 times:

Wondering if we'll ever see winglets on B767s? Seeing how beneficial they've been on the B737-700s, -800s and even some -300s and the B757-200s. Will we ever see them on B767 b4 the B787 comes into service?

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Rsbj From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 152 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 4053 times:

The 767-400 already has winglets, like the ones on the 777-200LR and -300ER. They are called raked wingtips and are roughly 50% better than blended winglets. The blended winglets on 737NG's produce a 3-3.5% fuel savings for the average trip, and the raked tips are at 5.5-6% for the 767-400's.
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Socal From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 473 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3937 times:

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1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5751 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3908 times:

If blended winglets, which doesn't increase the length of the wing as much as conventional winglets or raked wingtips, were offered for the 767-300ER, I would think that Delta may be a potential customer for the 767-300ER winglets.

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LN-MOW From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1896 posts, RR: 15
Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3853 times:

It's all up to whichever airline willing to cough up a certification airplane .. DL would, with their sizeable 763-fleet be a good candidate. It would be necessary to pull the initial aircraft out of production for several months.

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Salomon From Canada, joined Jun 2006, 205 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3834 times:

I seem to remember Air Canada wanted to install winglets on their 763s. Can anyone confirm?

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HA_DC9 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 645 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3818 times:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...story/07-18-2004/0002212293&EDATE=

Aviation Partners Boeing announced 767-300ER winglets back in 2004. I think they are still looking for someone to launch it though. As LN-MOW said, someone has to cough up an airplane for a few months for certification. Plus anyone would have to cough up the $ for the retrofits once certified. I seem to recall an FI article a while back stating that APB was in active talks with HA and UPS among others for a launch partner. Could be wrong though.

American777 From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3705 times:

Didn't Boeing already launched a Boeing 737 version with raked wingtips?

The one I taught Boeing launched was the P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft that changed the wing extension from a Blended Winglet to a commercially proven raked or backswept wing tip.

Is this aircraft model now in operation with the navy or not? Was it even ever produced or was the program terminated?

I bet Boeing can launch a 737 model series with raked wingtips similar to the one below:

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I bet if the 737 had this feature, it will be able to operate long-haul routes! I bet also WN would be a potential customer for the aircraft to launched new routes to other countries outside North America with cheap low-fares.

I don't think the 737 will ever have this feature but who know the what the future will be.

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Seanp11 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 290 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 3459 times:

Quoting American777 (Reply 7):
I bet if the 737 had this feature, it will be able to operate long-haul routes!

Raked wingtips are good, but not that good. A 5% increase in fuel savings (2% from blended winglets) isn't suddenly going to make up for the 737's low cargo capacity and high CASM (compared to the 757).

And the 737 can already operate longhaul routes, as the BBJ and 737-700ER, but not profitably with coach seating. It will never be able to fill the same role as the 752.

LN-MOW From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1896 posts, RR: 15
Reply 9, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3262 times:

Quoting American777 (Reply 7):
The one I taught Boeing launched was the P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft that changed the wing extension from a Blended Winglet to a commercially proven raked or backswept wing tip.

This is correct, and the reason for changing to a raked wingtip is that the blended winglet proved unstable at low altitude and speed. The raked wingtip is better suited for this kind of operation. So don't expect to see it on any other models! Wink

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Solnabo From Sweden, joined Jan 2008, 784 posts, RR: 2
Reply 10, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 3232 times:

No raked wingtip on 737-900ER, that will loose the "cool" factor imo.

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Flying_727 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 428 posts, RR: 5
Reply 11, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2757 times:

Boeing is already considering putting raked wingtips on the 737

DfwRevolution From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (6 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2716 times:

Quoting Flying_727 (Reply 11):
Boeing is already considering putting raked wingtips on the 737

Logistics are a major issue, the 737NG must fit into a standard narrowbody gate. At some airports, the blended vertical winglets are already cutting it close. This is one of the reasons AA took so long to commit to the package, and why FL didn't order them from the factory.

Now imagine a flat wingtip that extends wingspan by as much as twelve feet. Yikes!

Not such a big deal for the USN, of course

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