Airbus’ Sharklets: Ready for retrofit

[@shionnzin]

Gladly I've worked on this aircraft on QSC. You guys did a great job, thanks! Can't wait to see it back to the skies with the new sharklets! :)

[@gbin21]

What is the benefit in real numbers compared to the old winglets?

[@nickbreen287]

1-2%

[@lockstocknl]

Nick Breen And that may sound as very little, but over the lifespan of the aircraft it will amount to big savings.

[@nickbreen287]

lockstocknl Millions.

[@nickbreen287]

lockstocknl I should say 1-2% reduced fuel Burn for life of aircraft. Big savings as stated by the gentleman above.

[@DeesoSaeed]

Nick Breen Actually it's a little more... probably in the range of 3-4% but all depends on the trip

[@HeadGameLP]

Does the A330/340 also get sharklets?

[@Worrgamesguy]

I hope not. They're beautiful as is.

[@LeshVarg]

no point. Their current winglets is good enough The A380 should have gotten those instead the fenced wingtip.

[@Jamenator1]

NihselAviation good question, I believe this would would have made its total wingspan too long, greater than 80 meters, so they couldn't use a blended winglet without sacrificing some wing length

[@LeshVarg]

Jamenator1 yep. I know the upcoming 777-8x will have a very long wing span with it's raked wing tips. But the wings will be folded when on the tarmac.

[@Jamenator1]

NihselAviation exactly, a good idea by Boeing. But not the first, the original 777 actually did have an option for folding wingtips as well, so that it could fit into the space of a DC-10. However no airliners chose to have them because they were overly complicated and heavy

[@dogukantosun1190]

what is the diffrences with boeings winglets und airbus sharklets someone can say it ?

[@lockstocknl]

Essentially just the name. There are some differences in shape because of patents held by both Boeing and Airbus (and others like Aviation Partners) but in general the differences are really small.

[@dogukantosun1190]

Thx

[@Louisa93able]

Where is the retrofit done?

[@maartengroenendijk8753]

Why they saw the wings off?

[@libertytvdracoproductions5098]

Does it come with the SPOILERON mode of the ailerons that deflect upwards upon landing or is that another OPTIONAL to be installed package?

[@henriklmao]

If you mean like that there's a "rudder" similar to the horizontal stabilizer which deflects inwards when landing like some fighter jets do, no. There's no moving surface included with the rudder and I've never heard of something like this on any airliner.

[@KoiranenAerospace]

It’s called aileron anti-droop and it doesn’t depend on this installation.

[@mlodyinzynier8800]

good video!

[@willshaw9151]

Is there any difference between winglets and sharklets??

[@Worrgamesguy]

Curvature and height.

[@willshaw9151]

Thanks Worrgamesguy which is which?

[@LeshVarg]

They are still called wing tip devices. Many different types and some may be better than other in fuel efficiency. They have done lots of test on the sharklets and compared them with the current fenced wing tip. It's found that the sharklets increased in efficiency. Airbus has a video about the sharklets in their channel that will help better explain it. Hard for me to explain it here.

[@willshaw9151]

NihselAviation thanks bro!

[@HerobrineDoesMinecraft123]

Will Shaw Actually, thy are the exact same thing. The sharklet is just a little thinner

[@HansJoachim]

Wow, thats very interesting! Thanks for showing. LG HaJo

[@arumng]

Will it get a cockpit makeover? Will it be updated to the A350 type cockpit or something....

[@joaquinpinto6706]

I'm sure the A320 cockpit is still very advanced compared to other aircraft

[@HerobrineDoesMinecraft123]

Joaquin Pinto The Airbus A330 also has the same capabilities of independent flying. Both the A320 and the A330 don't need pilot control

[@philwoods2255]

The A320 cockpit isn't very advanced, it's a 20-30 year old design...

[@HerobrineDoesMinecraft123]

Páll Viðar Hafsteinsson It is actually very advanced. Like the A330, it is very independent.

[@philwoods2255]

Sorry, have you seen the A320 flight deck?

[@ldus]

Where is the retrofitting done? Quite a few people in this video have a strong English accent.

[@Chilax]

Airbus why are you showing boeing made the right choice for the 737. I hope the 350 you dont realize rake wingtip is the way to go

[@1chish]

@ Chilax Check my reply above and you will see that Boeing were not the first to use 'Winglets' and in fact saw them as 'options' only. It was LearJet and McDonnell Douglas on the MD-11 of 1990. Airbus have been using 'Winglets' of a different shape right from the '70s and the A300 / A310 and on. They still use a similar design on the A380. But yes 'Raked Wingtips' are a clear advance. But you need a whole new wing to make them work and that isn't cheap.

[@Chilax]

1chish but thing is Airbus keeps talking like they just discovered something new. And a learjet does not go against a 737 and a320 its about common type.

[@Chilax]

1chish and i never said first i said right choice. It takes a lot to say their design was wrong and follow the others. And now look scimitar are now the way to go.

[@1chish]

Chilax I think all Airbus are saying is there are benefits to the Winglet / Sharklets and we can retro fit them safely if you want them Mr Customer. I watched again and no one claimed anything. All I was saying was Winglets weren't a Boeing idea either. Personally I think both look cool ...

[@Chilax]

1chish is not about looks its about cost benefit analysis. All this time if they went with the sharklet a lot of prices would go down per ticket thus why i care. 737 winglets are farely old now and it took them now to follow.

[@ramirorc]

TAM Airline's paint schemme

[@GilbertoFreitasMendes]

PR-MBI - TAM Airlines

[@everythinghondapro5548]

I spoke to airbus pilot he says that doesn’t work

[@GilbertoFreitasMendes]

Hi friends, Look, at a PR-MBI from TAM Linhas Aéreas upgrade service in structural wing in addition of a new Sharklet, in a different as before Wingfence from a original project of this aircraft, in a particular this model from TAM - PR-MBI. This plane in a store at now. And have a serial number 1575, and a first flight in 18/08/2001 with a registration D-AVWP. Operated in TACA during 2001´s and come to operates in 2006´s and now stored since 10/2014. Thanks for this video. Gilberto Mendes,

[@VancouverIsland1]

Cool Video, First sharklets or winglets invented by the Formula 1 Racing Teams over 30 years ago for race cars,Indycars also did this shortly after they seen it in F1. Just look at the old pictures of the cars to see this. I was saying 30 years ago why aren't they putting them on planes.

[@jaretos]

That is a A319 no? It doesn't have 2 emergency, I'm supposing... It's weird.

[@joaquinpinto6706]

It is an A319.

[@Mr.McGillicuddy]

It is an a319 but any aircraft from a318 to a321 is referred to as the a320 class

[@tariqhashmat]

"..if managed properly, can be done during a C-Check" Does that mean there's an on-site retrofit on offer?

[@biloubouli5877]

I like flying.

[@IesApac]

looks like the ng winglets, next they copy the max and call it dolphinlets

[@joaquinpinto6706]

Nah, they copy the 777x and call them alligatorlets

[@HALOSENSOR]

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[@chogno98]

Valerie

[@southbeach09]

Lol, you call this plug and play? You had to saw the wing...

[@vitor77193]

aviao da tam tam airplane

[@Jefford717]

Coppied from Boeing!!! Airbus is 10 years late in the winglet (sharklet) game. Boeing is moving forward with a much better design called split winglet that further reduces fuel burn.

[@celeryjuice210]

boeing did not develop the winglet, it was on a310 as a wingtip fence but the original winglets were on learjets and the md11

[@Jefford717]

William Quan I never said that Boeing develop the the winglet. Wingtip fence is defferent from a blended winglet (sharklet in Airbus' terminology). And finally, the MD11 is technically a Boeing aircraft since Boeing bought McDonnel Douglas in 1990s.

[@lockstocknl]

"Boeing is moving forward with a much better design called split winglet that further reduces fuel burn." So that why the narrow body market is now 60-40 in Airbus's favor? Also Boeing's MAX will not have the P&W GTF as an option like the A320 NEO will have, rumours are the efficiency gap between the GTF and the Leap will be a bit larger than anticipated. I think Airbus will win this battle for the coming years until Boeing introduces the NSA.... But hey, you are fanboy, so you probably don't care about facts, right?

[@Jefford717]

lockstocknl I completely agreed with you that Boeing made a huge mistake by not offering PW's GTF on their most popular product...and no I am not a fanboy of Boeing nor Airbus... I am just surprised that Airbus almost took 2 decades to realize that bleended winglet (sharklet) offers much better efficiency than wingtip fence... and that is a FACT!

[@ryantan1567]

Jefford717 Totally agree with you. The 737 max has a poor design and the engine clearance from the ground allows it for a 69 inch fan, when an a320ceo has a 68 inch fan already. The a320neo offers two engine types and has an 81 inch fan with the pw engine, further optimising the aircraft due to an innovative design, and pw has an optimization program to improve fuel by 1-2% by the end of the decade, and cfm is not doing anything yet! The 737 ng only uses cfm and i think thats why they only use cfm again.The a321neo is killing the 737-9max and will kill it even more with the a321lr. The a319neo and 737-7max are useless and doesn't have much orders. Airbus has more orders for the a320 last year than the 737 and I think they will dominate the narrowbody segment with ease! The wingtip fence looks like the boeing split winglet, only bigger and bended outwards, don't know why airbus doesn't want to do that with the a320. At least the wingtip fence is on the a380, but I think the a350's sharklets are the way to go for Airbus!

[@Infinitepilot234]

They are just copying boeing😒😒😒

[@joaquinpinto6706]

And Boeing copied McDonnell Douglass.

[@nikkustikku281]

Because Boeing bought McDonnel Douglas

[@joaquinpinto6706]

yup

[@queerzie5844]

Why Airbus only discovers sharlets these last years. They've been on jets for more than 2 decades, maybe more!!