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Why does the Antonov AN-225 not have any winglets?
Is a winglet better than an equal span extension?Why don't horizontal stabilizers have winglets?Why do propeller blades not have winglets?Why are there different types of winglets?How does the airflow around winglets reduce drag?Why don't airliner winglets have consumer advertising on them?Why does the B777 have no winglets? Are there any drawbacks to having winglets?How much bigger could you realistically make the Antonov 225?Why don't more airplanes incorporate spiroid winglets?Why has the 777x been designed with folding wingtips?Why the Antonov AN-225 has negative dihedral wings combined with a positive dihedral horizontal stabilizer?
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Winglets provide a lift boost that would be useful to a plane of this size. But the An-255 does not have any winglets.
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Winglets provide a lift boost that would be useful to a plane of this size. But the An-255 does not have any winglets.
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Winglets provide a lift boost that would be useful to a plane of this size. But the An-255 does not have any winglets.
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Winglets provide a lift boost that would be useful to a plane of this size. But the An-255 does not have any winglets.
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Winglets are less effective at producing added lift than an equal-length wingspan extension. They are used on airliners when simply enlarging the wing would put the plane into a larger size class, or outside the 80 m "box". A longer wingspan, which the An-225 has (10% over the limit), is better at producing lift.
The An-225 is a special purpose cargo aircraft for delivering very large loads such as the Buran space shuttle. It doesn't have to care for commercial airport traffic patterns meant for high-throughput operations. In its original role the An-225 would operate from airstrips purpose-built for it. Today, on the rare occasion that it has a commercial airport in its itinerary, they can deal with the inconvenience.
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Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
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So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
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Winglets were just beginning flight tests at NASA with a modified KC-135 when the AN-225 was designed. No one knew at the Antonov Design Bureau could have known at the time the benefits of using them.
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Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
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The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
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Winglets are less effective at producing added lift than an equal-length wingspan extension. They are used on airliners when simply enlarging the wing would put the plane into a larger size class, or outside the 80 m "box". A longer wingspan, which the An-225 has (10% over the limit), is better at producing lift.
The An-225 is a special purpose cargo aircraft for delivering very large loads such as the Buran space shuttle. It doesn't have to care for commercial airport traffic patterns meant for high-throughput operations. In its original role the An-225 would operate from airstrips purpose-built for it. Today, on the rare occasion that it has a commercial airport in its itinerary, they can deal with the inconvenience.
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Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
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– ymb1
43 mins ago
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So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
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– Harper
9 mins ago
add a comment |
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Winglets are less effective at producing added lift than an equal-length wingspan extension. They are used on airliners when simply enlarging the wing would put the plane into a larger size class, or outside the 80 m "box". A longer wingspan, which the An-225 has (10% over the limit), is better at producing lift.
The An-225 is a special purpose cargo aircraft for delivering very large loads such as the Buran space shuttle. It doesn't have to care for commercial airport traffic patterns meant for high-throughput operations. In its original role the An-225 would operate from airstrips purpose-built for it. Today, on the rare occasion that it has a commercial airport in its itinerary, they can deal with the inconvenience.
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Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
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– ymb1
43 mins ago
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So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
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– Harper
9 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Winglets are less effective at producing added lift than an equal-length wingspan extension. They are used on airliners when simply enlarging the wing would put the plane into a larger size class, or outside the 80 m "box". A longer wingspan, which the An-225 has (10% over the limit), is better at producing lift.
The An-225 is a special purpose cargo aircraft for delivering very large loads such as the Buran space shuttle. It doesn't have to care for commercial airport traffic patterns meant for high-throughput operations. In its original role the An-225 would operate from airstrips purpose-built for it. Today, on the rare occasion that it has a commercial airport in its itinerary, they can deal with the inconvenience.
answered 8 hours ago
TheracTherac
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Winglets are less effective at producing added lift than an equal-length wingspan extension. They are used on airliners when simply enlarging the wing would put the plane into a larger size class, or outside the 80 m "box". A longer wingspan, which the An-225 has (10% over the limit), is better at producing lift.
The An-225 is a special purpose cargo aircraft for delivering very large loads such as the Buran space shuttle. It doesn't have to care for commercial airport traffic patterns meant for high-throughput operations. In its original role the An-225 would operate from airstrips purpose-built for it. Today, on the rare occasion that it has a commercial airport in its itinerary, they can deal with the inconvenience.
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Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
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– ymb1
43 mins ago
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So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
$endgroup$
– Harper
9 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
$endgroup$
– ymb1
43 mins ago
$begingroup$
So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
$endgroup$
– Harper
9 mins ago
$begingroup$
Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
$endgroup$
– ymb1
43 mins ago
$begingroup$
Not an inconvenience when you simply charge it double the parking spaces :D
$endgroup$
– ymb1
43 mins ago
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So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
$endgroup$
– Harper
9 mins ago
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So you're saying winglets aren't to be cooler, they're to fit in airport gates.
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– Harper
9 mins ago
add a comment |
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Winglets were just beginning flight tests at NASA with a modified KC-135 when the AN-225 was designed. No one knew at the Antonov Design Bureau could have known at the time the benefits of using them.
answered 7 hours ago
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Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
$endgroup$
– Mike Sowsun
4 hours ago
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The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
$endgroup$
– Juan Jimenez
4 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Winglets were just beginning flight tests at NASA with a modified KC-135 when the AN-225 was designed. No one knew at the Antonov Design Bureau could have known at the time the benefits of using them.
answered 7 hours ago
Juan JimenezJuan Jimenez
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$endgroup$
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Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
$endgroup$
– Mike Sowsun
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
$endgroup$
– Juan Jimenez
4 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Winglets were just beginning flight tests at NASA with a modified KC-135 when the AN-225 was designed. No one knew at the Antonov Design Bureau could have known at the time the benefits of using them.
answered 7 hours ago
Juan JimenezJuan Jimenez
8,0461 gold badge12 silver badges49 bronze badges
$endgroup$
Winglets were just beginning flight tests at NASA with a modified KC-135 when the AN-225 was designed. No one knew at the Antonov Design Bureau could have known at the time the benefits of using them.
answered 7 hours ago
Juan JimenezJuan Jimenez
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answered 7 hours ago
Juan JimenezJuan Jimenez
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answered 7 hours ago
Juan JimenezJuan Jimenez
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answered 7 hours ago
Juan JimenezJuan Jimenez
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Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
$endgroup$
– Mike Sowsun
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
$endgroup$
– Juan Jimenez
4 hours ago
add a comment |
2
$begingroup$
Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
$endgroup$
– Mike Sowsun
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
$endgroup$
– Juan Jimenez
4 hours ago
2
2
$begingroup$
Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
$endgroup$
– Mike Sowsun
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
Winglets have been used on corporate aircraft like the Lear 28 and Gulfstream III since the late 1970’s. The AN-225 first flight was 1988 and could have been designed with winglets, but instead has a large wingspan which eliminates any need for winglets.
$endgroup$
– Mike Sowsun
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
$endgroup$
– Juan Jimenez
4 hours ago
$begingroup$
The chief designer of the AN-225 had already been working on the design for several years before he succeeded Oleg Antonov as the chief designer in 1984. Just because it first flew in 1988 doesn't mean the design could have been modified for winglets. After all, lift is not the biggest reason to use them, decreasing drag is.
$endgroup$
– Juan Jimenez
4 hours ago
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