Agreed, aside from the new nose cap, I don't see a difference.
Yes you may be right. Between these two I think I can see what you are talking with the top flap and also the bracket highlighted in red-wkst- wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024, 14:13The top flap definitely changed, it goes down quicker (don't know how to describe it). Look at the left side of the wing (so from our view the right side), the top flap of the new wing goes down already at the second A from Aramco. At the old wing it goes down at the M from Aramco.
The bracket to the 2nd highest flap (in the middle) is missing at the new front wing compared to the old one. But that was also the case last year, when they introduced the low DF front wing in Jeddah.
In general this new wing reminds me a little bit of the wing situation at the beginning of last year (when they introduced a lower DF version in Jeddah - which was not used very often). Maybe it's just that, a lower DF wing.
If the upper flap is adjusted with a higher angle of attack between two wings we're comparing, it will make the arch of the top flap look more aggressive on the flap with the higher angle..KimiRai wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024, 15:03Yes you may be right. Between these two I think I can see what you are talking with the top flap and also the bracket highlighted in red-wkst- wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024, 14:13The top flap definitely changed, it goes down quicker (don't know how to describe it). Look at the left side of the wing (so from our view the right side), the top flap of the new wing goes down already at the second A from Aramco. At the old wing it goes down at the M from Aramco.
The bracket to the 2nd highest flap (in the middle) is missing at the new front wing compared to the old one. But that was also the case last year, when they introduced the low DF front wing in Jeddah.
In general this new wing reminds me a little bit of the wing situation at the beginning of last year (when they introduced a lower DF version in Jeddah - which was not used very often). Maybe it's just that, a lower DF wing.
https://i.imgur.com/kRwawyC.png
https://i.imgur.com/FT5csfo.png
So was this Bahrain wing the "new" one but it wasn't used? Photo was taken 28th of February, that was one day before Free practice. In any case that article had such a weird wording for what seems very small changes.
https://i.imgur.com/MPE9hLK.png
I wonder what their plans are for sidepod development? They could return to something akin to the 2022 launch version. If they don’t have something like that planned then is there a cost to CoG?
I agree that there is a clear future intent behind this packaging...