Deployment and control actuation mechanisms are incorporated in unmanned aerial vehicles having folding wings and/or folding canards and/or a folding vertical stabilizer. The folding canards and folding vertical stabilizer can be deployed using respective four-bar over-center mechanisms. Elevators pivotably mounted to the folding canards and a rudder pivotably mounted to the folding vertical stabilizer can be controlled by means of respective twist link mechanisms. The folding wings have respective wing roots that are driven by respective gas springs to pivot on bearings about a wing root hub having control servo wire paths.
Mechanisms for deploying and actuating airfoil-shaped bodies on unmanned aerial vehicles
Mechanismen zum Anwenden und Betätigen von tragflächenförmigen Körpern in unbemannten Luftfahrzeugen
Mécanismes permettant de déployer et d'actionner des corps de forme profilée sur des véhicules aériens sans équipage
2020-02-12
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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