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New images of 777X highlights massive composite wings
The wing of the Boeing 777X is 235 feet, 5 in (71.75 m) with the folding winglets deployed and with those winglets folded up 212 feet, 8 in (64.82 m). (www.airlineratings.com) More...Sweet looking bird.
So beautiful... can't wait to fly it!
Anybody know what is trailing the rudder, in the video?
It’s called a trailing cone, and it lets the flight test instrumentation measure static pressure outside of the airplane’s influence. When a new airplane design is flown, the errors in pitot static systems are unknown until they can be measured. These represent the difference between calibrated and indicated. Once the errors are understood, the corrections can be implemented in the air data computers so that the cockpit instruments really do display calibrated airspeed and altitude.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_cone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_cone
thanks Chris