Sašo, sem vse to prebral iz različnih virov. Ampak tole preberi:
http://airtransportbiz.free.fr/Techniqu ... nglet.html
Therefore, the choice between including or discluding a winglet design is one of aerodynamics versus pragmatic considerations such as structural weight and construction/maintenance costs. As drag reduction is a science that is not fully understood, the debate for and against winglets for certain missions will continue. Given wing span limitations at the world’s ever more congested airports there is a finite point at which aerodynamics will lose out to hard infrastructure requirements
debata na rcgroups:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre ... 446&page=3
Začelo pa se je na 2. strani:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthre ... ge=2&pp=50
Drela:
I just stumbled into this thread, and I have a question:
Why do most of the European planes have the swept/upturned/pointy tips? To me they make no sense. I see no advantages, but they do have many drawbacks:
* Don't allow full-span ailerons
* More difficult to build
* More material at tip (more roll and yaw inertia)
* Sweep causes larger torsional loads on wing
The argument of improved span efficiency, even if true, is difficult to support. You could take the wetted area of the swept tip "point" and instead add it as a small span extension. This would certainly give a lower induced drag than the fancy tip shape.
As an experiment, Mike Lachowski decided to modify one of his older Caracho F3B gliders with the swept, pointy tips. He sawed off the tips at the end of the aileron, and added homemade plain tips like those on the Supra, with ailerons running all the way out. He says the glider improved in every way: better launch, better roll control, less tip stall tendency.
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