The component of disadvantageous trailing vortices arising from airflow curling around the tip of an airplane wing can be entirely eliminated by designing a wingtip's sweepback contour such that the local airflow velocity vector just under the leading edge is always directed under the wing.
Wingtip
2023-06-22
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |