Product detail

Winglet for light aircraft

POPELA, R. ZIKMUND, P.

Czech title

Zakonceni kridla typu winglet pro lehky letoun

English title

Winglet for light aircraft

Type

prototype

Czech abstract

Specificke zakonceni kridla typu winglet, ktere snizuje indukovany odpor kridla. Material kompozit. Winglet byl navrzen pro letouny kategorie Ul, LSA a CS-VLA. Pro vybrane kridlo snizuje indukovany odpor kridla od soucinitele vztlaku 0,25.

English abstract

Winglet designed specifically for UL, LSA and CS-VLA aircraft categories. GFRP structure. The device reduces induced drag of wing (respectivelly whole aircraft) from lift coefficient around 0.25 and improves its gliding ratio and climb performance.

Create date

08.03.2009

Location

Letecky ustav FSI VUT v Brne