Simviation Forum - Spiroid Wingtips

Jul 29^th, 2010 at 12:55pm

SeanTK Ex Member

Stumbled upon this photo today, and have never heard of the concept before. It's certainly unique!

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dassault-Falcon-50/1749946/M/

More info:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2008/06/spiroid-wingtip-technolo...

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Reply #1 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 1:54pm

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Very interesting.

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Reply #2 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 2:18pm

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Saw that picture on A.net last night. It is pretty cool technology.

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Reply #3 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 2:23pm

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That distorted photo is misleading. I'm not a great advocate of fisheye effects either in RL or FS. This one shows what it really looks like. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dassault-Falcon-50/1749948/L/

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Reply #4 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 2:32pm

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Hagar wrote on Jul 29^th, 2010 at 2:23pm:

That distorted photo is misleading. I'm not a great advocate of fisheye effects either in RL or FS. This one shows what it really looks like. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dassault-Falcon-50/1749948/L/

I know. When I saw the first one last night I was like, "What the...." Then I looked at your picture a few minutes later and was like, "oh okay." Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Jul 29^th, 2010 at 8:09pm

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One of my friends found a video, haha

http://40yrs.blogspot.com/2009/05/spiroid-winglets-enter-flight-test.html

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Reply #6 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 12:21am

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It kind of looks like they forgot to bolt something to the airframe in those compartments when the aircraft left the factory Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 7:27am

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I wonder how much difference they actually make. Looks more drag inducing then anything.

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Reply #8 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 4:51pm

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I know I'm going to catch it for this, but I have to ask. Do they have little bottles of liquid soap attched to create bubbles? Roll Eyes

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Reply #9 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 10:45pm

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patchz wrote on Jul 30^th, 2010 at 4:51pm:

I know I'm going to catch it for this, but I have to ask. Do they have little bottles of liquid soap attched to create bubbles? Roll Eyes

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