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A wing tip (or wingtip) is the part of the wing that is most distant from the
A wing tip (or wingtip) is the part of the wing that is most distant from the fuselage
The fuselage (; from the French ''fuselé'' "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section. It holds crew, passengers, or cargo. In single-engine aircraft, it will usually contain an engine as well, although in some amphibious aircraft t ...
of a fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air Aircraft, flying machine, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using wings that generate Lift (force), lift caused by the aircraft's forward airspeed and the wing configuration, shape of ...
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Because the wing tip shape influences the size and drag
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of the wingtip vortices
Wingtip vortices are circular patterns of rotating air left behind a wing as it generates lift.Clancy, L.J., ''Aerodynamics'', section 5.14 One wingtip vortex trails from the tip of each wing. Wingtip vortices are sometimes named ''trailing' ...
, tip design has produced a diversity of shapes, including:
* Squared-off
* Aluminium tube bow
* Rounded
* Hoerner style
* Winglets
Wingtip devices are intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft by reducing drag. Although there are several types of wing tip devices which function in different manners, their intended effect is always to reduce an aircraft's ...
* Drooped tips
* Raked wingtips
* Tip tanks
* Sails
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