he states that winglets for the A380 are a possibility, mentioning they would be around 17 feet tall, does this mean basic research has been done regarding the A380?
also is anybody able to guess what fuel effiency gains this could bring? because I can imagine the A380 in 3 or 4 years time with x ton weight reduction, at least 2% engine SFC reductions and AP winglets and it suddenly looks too good to refuse.
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15867 posts, RR: 66 Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 2215 times:
Quoting Virgin747LGW (Thread starter): he states that winglets for the A380 are a possibility, mentioning they would be around 17 feet tall, does this mean basic research has been done regarding the A380?
My guess is that they do basic research on a lot of things that seem like long shots, a bit like Boeing researched the Muppet planes. Doesn't mean they spent an enormous amount of time on it. Perhaps they just did a back of the envelope calculation by scaling up the 737 winglets, figuring that the wing was so many % larger.
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Virgin747LGW From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2007, 225 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2210 times:
well the chairman does mention that he has been sworn to secrecy regarding talks with Airbus which is strange because I thought their work on the A320 was public knowledge, if not the A380 then the A340 would definately be appropriate for the modification.
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19686 posts, RR: 56 Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 2158 times:
They'd have to do it without increasing the wingspan. The 380's span is already just pushing the ICAO box.
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