accurate! At 10:25 PM 9/2/2003 -0400, Colin wrote: >Correct me if I am wrong gang but I have always been taught that winglets >were designed by NASA to reduce/eliminate induced drag caused by high >pressure air attempting to flow around the wingtip instead of smoothly out >the trailing edge from the underside. These wing tip vortices cause >disrupted airflow on the upper surface increasing drag and reducing lift. >The winglets relocate the vortices to a none lift portion of the wing, >resulting in no disruption to the boundary layer flow, effectively >increasing the lift area without having to increase the wing area, just >add the tip. I much cheaper fix then adding more wing area etc... >Colin Rainey KR2(td) >crain...@cfl.rr.com >Sanford, Florida >FLY SAFE!!!!_______________________________________________ >see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com
