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  1. CortoMaltese

    Winglets

    Hi there Winglets are in fact a way of 'artificially' increasing the span of the a/c (or reducing the aspect ration) and therefore help reduce induced drag. One side effects of the winglets is that they also increase the wing root bending moment (due to the side force they generate. Hence...
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