PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING WINGLET SYSTEM AND METHOD

PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING WINGLET SYSTEM AND METHOD

A winglet system for an aircraft wing may include an upper winglet and a lower winglet mounted to a wing tip. The lower winglet may have a static position when the wing is subject to a ground static loading. The lower winglet may be configured such that upward deflection of the wing under an approxi...

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Hauptverfasser: VASSBERG, John Charles, FRIEDMAN, Douglas M, MALACHOWSKI, Adam P, VEGTER, Christopher A, ROMAN, Dino L
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A winglet system for an aircraft wing may include an upper winglet and a lower winglet mounted to a wing tip. The lower winglet may have a static position when the wing is subject to a ground static loading. The lower winglet may be configured such that upward deflection of the wing under an approximate 1-g flight loading causes the lower winglet to move from the static position to an in-flight position and resulting in a relative span increase of the wing.