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bLizZuE · December 10th, 2006, 17:24

So I've got this ground school instructor who claims that winglets create forward lift (thrust) due to the way they're installed. Claiming they are airfoils, and thus are capable of creating lift.

I've always seen them just as ways of reducing wing-tip vortices.

Comments?

December 10th, 2006, 17:24	#1
bLizZuE Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vero Beach, Florida Posts: 1,237	winglets So I've got this ground school instructor who claims that winglets create forward lift (thrust) due to the way they're installed. Claiming they are airfoils, and thus are capable of creating lift. I've always seen them just as ways of reducing wing-tip vortices. Comments? __________________ \| website \| CFI \| CFII \| MEI \| 141 Check Instructor \| AOPA Mentor Pilot