Airbus Operations Gmbh

Richard Hewson

William Tulloch

Thomas Barnett

Lee Proudler

Andrew Scaife

A winglet is disclosed including first and second covers, a front spar, a rear spar, a rib, and a mid spar between the front spar and the rear spar. The rib and each spar are joined to the first cover and to the second cover. The mid spar has a length and the mid spar curves along all or part of its length. The length of the mid spar extends from an inboard end of the mid spar to an outboard end of the mid spar, and the rib wraps around the inboard or outboard end of the mid spar.

Winglet and winglet cover assembly

An aircraft () having a wing () and a wing tip device () at the tip of the wing (), wherein the wing tip device () includes a rib () positioned in a span wise region (C) of the wing tip device () in which transonic flow occurs when the aircraft () is in flight. A method of designing an aircraft () including predicting where transonic flow occurs on the wing tip device () when the aircraft () is in flight, and designing the wing tip device () with a rib () positioned in the span wise region (C) of the wing tip device () in which the predicted transonic flow occurs.

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Richard Hewson