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A380 Winglet Query

Airmale From Botswana, joined Sep 2004, 369 posts, RR: 2
Posted (12 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 973 times:

Why does an aircraft the size of the A380 have those stupid looking winglets from the A310/320 family? why didnt airbus give it the A330/340 style winglets? or why couldnt it have wing design that would not require winglets at all, like on the 777 Confused

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Red Panda From Hong Kong, joined Jun 2000, 1521 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (12 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 954 times:

I don't think those winglets on A320 family a/cs are stupid. They are actually quite special and unique. I think those A320 winglets is a sign/symbol of Airbus.

There is some goning concerns whether winglets can actually improve airplane's performance. Some studies found that winglets only do little help in reducing drags and fuel consumption. This is esp. true for short and medium haul flights, such as 777. (not ER ver.)

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r panda

Airmale From Botswana, joined Sep 2004, 369 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (12 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 942 times:

The A380 could do without them, I prefer the A330/340 and 744 style winglets as for the winglet study you mentioned above, yes its true, United Airlines carried it out on a 744 and were surprised by what they discovered Smile

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Airbus A380 From Singapore, joined Jan 2001, 522 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (12 years 3 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 919 times:

But the new 777LR will have a raked wing-tip, like the 767-400ER, right?

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