Fairchild Dornier Gmbh

Gerd Heller

Peter Kreuzer

Manfred Maisel

The present invention relates to a wing tip extension ( ) for a wing, having an upper and a lower surface ( and ) and a leading edge and a trailing edge ( and ), the geometries of which are such that between a connection region ( ), for connection with a wing, and the tip ( ) of the wing tip extension ( ) there is provided a continuous increase of the local dihedral, a continuous increase both of the sweepback angle of the leading edge ( ) and also of the trailing edge ( ), and a continuous decrease of the chord of the wing tip extension ( ), and in that the wing tip extension ( ) in the connection region ( ) carries on from the wing in substance continuously. The wing tip extension ( ) in accordance with the invention thereby ensures a significant reduction of the overall drag.

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Hausen, Germany

Gerd Heller