Explore: Wing Tips

A wing tip (or wingtip) is the part of the wing that is most distant from the fuselage of a fixed-wing aircraft. Because the wing tip shape influences

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

Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber. Cranked or canted tip: tip section dihedral differs from the main wing. The tips may have upwards dihedral as on the F-4 Phantom

The brogue (from Scottish Gaelic bròg and Irish Gaelic bróg, both meaning "shoe") is a style of low-heeled shoe or boot traditionally characterised by

the wing tips to such an extent that the tips stall first and one of the main characteristics of the design is lost, on a conventional wing the tips always

stalls before the tip. However, when taken beyond stalling incidence the tips may still become fully stalled before the inner wing despite initial separation

left behind a wing as it generates lift. The name is a misnomer because the cores of the vortices are slightly inboard of the wing tips. Wingtip vortices

three-dimensional wing involves significant additional issues, especially relating to the wing tips. For a wing of low aspect ratio, such as a typical delta wing, two-dimensional

closed wing is a wing that effectively has two main planes that merge at their ends so that there are no conventional wing tips. Closed wing designs

name "Delta", used a very gentle angle so that the wing appeared almost straight and the wing tips had to be cropped sharply (see below). His first such