How WINGLETS Save Airlines BILLIONS of Dollars

[@erich930]

Nice, concise explanation! This is also more-or-less how ground effect works; within about 1/2 the wingspan, the wake vortices get disrupted by the ground, reducing induced drag and helping make landings smoother.

[@LuxPlanes]

Thank you! And yes you’re right :) ground effect is an interesting topic too!

[@Memeguy96]

Brief context:when going in the air little tornadoes form that’s why these winglets are used

[@puggovrthepug7910]

Which creates drag and wastes fuel(that what i heard correct me if im wrong)

[@captain24plays47]

Techno blade never dies

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[@mutiarasofiasiregar9123]

"form" Nice Job Spelling.

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@@mutiarasofiasiregar9123thats not sarcastic enough

[@YpphPlaneGuy]

What you said when your 7 was true.

[@LuxPlanes]

Haha yeah for sure :)

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[@iMizzy777]

Yep

[@JKB-]

I would like to mention that if the route the airplane is flying (this goes for the 737-800NG) is shorter than 1 hour and 15 minutes the extra weight of the winglets outdo the cost savings!

[@LuxPlanes]

Ah that’s a very ingesting fact! Thank you for sharing!

[@JKB-]

@@LuxPlanes Thats why the winglets always were optional. I know SAS operated a few 737-800 without winglets, i flew them!

[@LuxPlanes]

@@JKB- yeah I’ve seen some pics of those planes, very rare to find an NG witbout with winglets! Amazing you could fly on one :)

[@FinnJets]

Nice explanation! How did you use HD Melbournes clips without getting copyright struck though?

[@HyloxFN]

loved the mini story time at the start

[@LuxPlanes]

Thanks Rohan :)
(It’s becoming so long now that I’m having doubts about the name spelling haha, time flies)

[@jamreport6981]

dang that was an awesome video! quick and right to the point 😁👍

[@LuxPlanes]

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it :)

[@banthab0mb]

Awesome video!

[@LuxPlanes]

Thanks a lot :)

[@kewlztertc5386]

Very good, and spot on.

[@yuzi_e]

Great explained I love your videos!

[@LuxPlanes]

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@joannaspotting]

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[@LuxPlanes]

Thanks Joanna :)))

[@TheWingBoyHD]

Just learned even more about winglets 😂

[@LuxPlanes]

Glad to hear :)

[@airwaffle]

Thanks i never knew what winglets did, my speculation was they were like mini vertical stabilisers. Anyway, can you maybe say in more detail how winglets reduce noise pollution?

[@LuxPlanes]

Yes of course! Basically since they reduce the drag (which opposes thrust) less thrust is needed. Thrust is created by the engines which are what burn the fuel, so if less thrust is needed the engines can be kept on a lower power setting. Lower power settings burn less fuel, therefore reduce operating costs, and pollute less, and the lower the power setting the quieter the engines are too. Hope that helps :) thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@airwaffle]

thanks for the explanation:)@@LuxPlanes

[@iMizzy777]

I used to think winglets were just random things on an airplane lol ever since seeing this video I now know

[@RobloxRox2013]

What about the 757-787

[@TheOfficialStardewCat]

Can you make a video of how the tyres of a aeroplane dont pop easily?

[@Rndmstff737]

They also make it so planes can land more often since they create less power wing vortexes during landing a and takeoff

[@annielemieux2541]

When I was younger I called winglets ugly for some reason

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[@evnux_1]

First, and btw very good video as always keep it going

[@LuxPlanes]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@enzonuriangharaffy3858]

But what will happen when the yole points in ward

[@mlj9931]

You need to research spanwise flow.

[@LuxPlanes]

What about it?

[@mlj9931]

@@LuxPlanes Apparently the vortices explanation is a bit of an over-simplification, and much of the drag saving come from limiting the spanwise flow on both the upper and lower surfaces of the wings, for quite some proportion of the wing. This is also why winglets aren't just fences, which might create more drag than they save, but are carefully shaped aerofoils in themselves to oppose the spanwise flow that would be there if the winglets weren't. But that's close to the limit of my understanding. There are plenty of discussions online though.

[@carlos-z5p6i]

i literly knew since i was 5

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[@LuxPlanes]

I love Ryanair :)

[@lucasknijnikturkienicz7163]

ok, I just didn’t understand how they work…

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