jzeitlin Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hey guys yesterday while flying from Kennedy to Heathrow On Michael changs 767 equipped with winglets I pondered an interesting question and was wondering if anyone here had an answer. Do winglets on x-plane aircraft actually effect performance like range and fuel savings on aircraft like Michael changs 767 and the x737? Does anyone know the answer to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkyler Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Winglets do not affect x-plane algorithms / output in x-plane as the phenomenon they address in reality is not modeled in x-plane. For "winglet" equipped airlines, you can match performance numbers for these models, but you'd need the full range of performance data before hand to do so. TomK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzeitlin Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 So what your basically saying is that there present for aesthetics and don't enhance range or have any real benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkyler Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) Pretty much yea. The presence of winglet shapes in x-plane do not change the range or efficiency of the x-plane model in any way simply by 'adding the winglets'. If you want to simulate in x-plane the performance enhancements that winglets give you, then you have to simulate that with other parameters of x-plane like fuel flow or lift / drag adjustments. So yes, an author could put winglets on their x-plane model and it wouldn't do anything to improve efficiency. TomK Edited March 17, 2013 by tkyler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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