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Video of First A350 XWB Flight
The A350 first flew Summer 2013. Here is a video of its first flight. (www.youtube.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Sharklets are on the A320 family NEOs and scimitar wingtips are winglets like that on the MD-11s and Boeing 737 MAX. I'm not really sure what they call the A350's wingtips.
"Winglets"
Well, yah, but everybody's gotta be "different". I looked at some close-up shots of the "sharklets" on A320s, and honest-to-B'harni (pbuh!), I can't tell much if any difference from blended winglets on a B738.
These on the A350 just seem a little more swept back, almost like the winglets on 787s.
So yeah, I guess generic "winglets" will do...
These on the A350 just seem a little more swept back, almost like the winglets on 787s.
So yeah, I guess generic "winglets" will do...
Gene, you won't see any "winglets" on the 787 because of its integrated and effective "swept upward" wing design, which eliminates the need for the add-on device. Typically, Airbus has traditional wingtip "fences" but the A-350 will curve upwards over 14ft in a "sabre-like" shape. You'll see the Sharklet" on sinle aisle aircraft...A-319/320 even B-737/57 models. "Fences", which are larger you'll see on the A-330/340/380. In 2014, you'll see a new winglet with United's fleet of 737's. It's called a Scimitar winglet. This upgrade to their fleet could save the company $200 million a year in fuel costs. That's pretty impressive in my book.
Good looking acrft
Didn't mind the soundtrack, at least it's not all "gangstah" like some people pollute their videos with.
Strange, though, not the usual fences on the wingtips AB is famous for. These're, what?, "sharklets"?, "scimitar wingtips"?