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Old 06-27-2012, 07:32 AM   #9 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
If they added the winglets to the wing tips, they could lower the drag somewhat. These truncate the vortexes that form there, because of the higher pressure below the wing flowing up and around the wing tip toward the lower pressure air on the upper part of the wing.
Can any plane be retrofitted with those winglets?
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