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Why Do The Second 747 400 LCF Has No Winglets?  
User currently offline747400sp From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3301 posts, RR: 2
Posted (6 years 4 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2741 times:

I was just looking at a photo of the second 747 400 LCF and I notice it did not have winglet, why! The 747 400 LCF are supposed to airlift part of the 787 from Japan to the US, so I know they are not using an ex 747 400D, not to mention the fact that this is an ex China Airlines 747, and CI only had long range 747 400s with winglet. So why they remove the winglet on the second 747 400 LCF?

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User currently offlineRobK From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2004, 3940 posts, RR: 19
Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2735 times:

Because they don't have any benefits on this size and shape aircraft aand also it flies slower and lower than normal 747 flights.

R

User currently offlineKeesje From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2706 times:

They had unexpected flutter problems preventing / delaying certification.

User currently offlineSocalfive From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 2513 times:

Quoting 747400sp (Thread starter):
So why they remove the winglet on the second 747 400 LCF?

They've been removed on the first one as well.

User currently offlineRampkontroler From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 859 posts, RR: 7
Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2499 times:

Quoting Keesje (Reply 2):
They had unexpected flutter problems preventing / delaying certification.

Exactly!  bigthumbsup 

User currently offlineIkramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21041 posts, RR: 60
Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2490 times:

Quoting Keesje (Reply 2):
They had unexpected flutter problems preventing / delaying certification.

Delaying, not preventing. But keep trying Keesje...  Wink


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