CPC B64C 23/069 (2017.05) [Y02T 50/10 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
operating an aircraft with a wingtip device at a flight condition, the wingtip device having a leading edge defined by a first smooth continuous higher order function and a trailing edge defined by a second smooth continuous higher order function, the first smooth continuous higher order function different from the second smooth continuous higher order function;
distributing lift across a wing to an efficient lift distribution at the flight condition; and
increasing efficiency of the aircraft at the flight condition.
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