I wonder what are the elements below the wings (pointed by the black arrows in the image). I'm not referring to the sticks at the end of them, which I found them to be "static wicks", used for static electricity discharge.
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@Simon no he's explicitly not talking about the static wicks. But instead about the anti-shock bodies. – ratchet freak Aug 10 '15 at 11:17
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@Simon , as I pointed out in the post, I was not referring to static wicks but to the pods. Thank you ratchetfreak for your dup. – Claudi Aug 10 '15 at 11:17
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Doh, I'll delete the comment :) – Simon Aug 10 '15 at 11:27
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They are flap track fairings which contain the flap mechanism.
They are called Küchemann carrots (also called anti-shock or Whitcomb body) and are used to reduce wave drag in transonic speeds.
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