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Old December 16th 16, 03:12 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jonathan St. Cloud
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Default Do Winglets reduce ground effect

Not being an aerodynamicist, I was wondering if winglets decreased ground effect. So would an ASW-20 (without winglets) be able to glide further in ground effect than an ASW-20 (with winglets), all else being equal?
 




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