My guess is that they will look something like the new PC-12 winglets and the experimental ones that were on an MD-80.
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Any thoughts? I was unable to locate any photos of this "NG" winglet.
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New High Speed Cruise Winglet Soon?
Aviation Partners announced late last year that they are developing a new, high speed winglet as a NG winglet - if you will.
My guess is that they will look something like the new PC-12 winglets and the experimental ones that were on an MD-80.
Any thoughts? I was unable to locate any photos of this "NG" winglet.
My guess is that they will look something like the new PC-12 winglets and the experimental ones that were on an MD-80.
Any thoughts? I was unable to locate any photos of this "NG" winglet.
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RE: New High Speed Cruise Winglet Soon?
This may be a very stupid question, but M.80 seems rather low to be defined as "high speed". Do the existing blended winglets reduce cruise speed or something like that?
RE: New High Speed Cruise Winglet Soon?
| Quoting L.1011 (Reply 2): This may be a very stupid question, but M.80 seems rather low to be defined as "high speed". Do the existing blended winglets reduce cruise speed or something like that? |
737 and A320 don't operate as fast as .80 usually and pay a good bit of fuel to push up the speed to that.
My guess is that they are trying for the 767/A330 market first since both cruise just above .80. If they prove themselves, I think it will also sell nice on the 777 which is a good bit faster than the .80 level, but currently has a good bit of demand built up for winglets for the older models.
RE: New High Speed Cruise Winglet Soon?
| Quoting XT6Wagon (Reply 3): My guess is that they are trying for the 767/A330 market first since both cruise just above .80. If they prove themselves, I think it will also sell nice on the 777 which is a good bit faster than the .80 level, but currently has a good bit of demand built up for winglets for the older models. |
That's what I thought. I always see the Boeing fans trumpeting the 777's faster cruise speed over the A340, and the fast cruises of the 747 and 787.
RE: New High Speed Cruise Winglet Soon?
From what I recall, the current blended winglets are most beneficial during climb and cruise up to a certain point. Then they start creating more drag the faster you get. These newer high speed winglets won't create as much drag when the speed increases. The article states that fuel burn increase up to 8% versus the 5% the current blended winglets. This really makes sense to me on aircraft that are in the cruise stage for a longer period of time.
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