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February 24th 11, 01:11 PM
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Winglet performance
On Feb 23, 3:27*pm, Brad wrote:
On Feb 23, 1:59*am, John Smith wrote: Greenwell wrote: However, I do notice an improvement in slow-speed handling with my winglets on. Noel echos my experience, and it's not just in flight, but on the ground The main benefit of winglets, especially for the older among us, is that we don't have to bow that much to pick up the wing. and to the younger, they look bitchin' Brad Bah! Draglets! Just stick your toe under the (beautifully unencumbered) wingtip and lift your foot - voila, no bending required at all... Anyway, if winglets were so great, why don't they have their own winglets? - ad infinitum! Kirk 66 
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February 24th 11, 05:27 PM
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Winglet performance
At 13:11 24 February 2011, kirk.stant wrote:
On Feb 23, 3:27=A0pm, Brad wrote: On Feb 23, 1:59=A0am, John Smith wrote: Greenwell wrote: However, I do notice an improvement in slow-speed handling with my winglets on. Noel echos my experience, and it's not just in flight, but on the gro= und The main benefit of winglets, especially for the older among us, is tha= t we don't have to bow that much to pick up the wing. and to the younger, they look bitchin' Brad Bah! Draglets! Just stick your toe under the (beautifully unencumbered) wingtip and lift your foot - voila, no bending required at all... Anyway, if winglets were so great, why don't they have their own winglets? - ad infinitum! Kirk 66 you want winglets on winglets (wingwinglets? wing2lets?) ... Stanford got there first :-) http://aero.stanford.edu/CWing.html Doug
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February 24th 11, 08:48 PM
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Winglet performance
On Feb 24, 8:11*am, "kirk.stant" wrote:
On Feb 23, 3:27*pm, Brad wrote: On Feb 23, 1:59*am, John Smith wrote: Greenwell wrote: However, I do notice an improvement in slow-speed handling with my winglets on. Noel echos my experience, and it's not just in flight, but on the ground The main benefit of winglets, especially for the older among us, is that we don't have to bow that much to pick up the wing. and to the younger, they look bitchin' Brad Bah! Draglets! Just stick your toe under the (beautifully unencumbered) wingtip and lift your foot - voila, no bending required at all... Anyway, if winglets were so great, why don't they have their own winglets? - ad infinitum! Kirk 66 The law of diminishing returns. I sense some closet winglet envy leading to denial. UH
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