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Originally Posted by freebeard
"tyre[sic] deflectors" is generic. Local to me, planes have pants and cars have skirts. Rather than 'deflector' I'd say the OEM efforts are merely a wickerbill.
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"Wickerbill" is another term I'd never heard of - eg never seen in any formal tech aero reference - until I came here. I still don't know what it's supposed to be.
Wikipedia says a wickerbill is a Gurney flap on a wing.