Patent ID: 8342456
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft, comprising a fuselage and a wing attached to the fuselage, the wing comprising a tip and a wing tip device, the wing tip device being generally downwardly extending, the wing tip device being of aerofoil-shaped cross-section, the wing tip device having a region inclined at a cant of more than 180 degrees, said region, being of aerofoil-shaped cross-section, and being arranged to generate lift during flight, the lift having a downward component by virtue of said region being inclined at a cant of more than 180 degrees, the wing tip device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being attached to the tip of the wing, and wherein said region inclined at a cant of more than 180 degrees, is not located in the vicinity of the proximal end.