The A330neo uses blended Sharklets wingtip devices benefiting from the development of wingtips for the A350 and A320neo.

While modern widebody aircraft like the A330neo, A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 777X use sleek blended or raked wingtips, the Airbus A380 Superjumbo instead uses fenced wingtips found on the Airbus ...

Why does the Boeing 737 MAX wear such distinctive, split-tip winglets compared to earlier generations of the aircraft? At first glance, these sculpted tips are both futuristic and unusual, but the ...

This chapter reviews the results of previous studies and deployment of wingtip devices on existing commercial and military aircraft. On the commercial side, the experience and decision processes of ...

This chapter provides the committee’s evaluation of steps the Air Force could take to improve the fuel economy of aircraft in its inventory, in particular by modifying the wingtips. It begins with a ...