The present invention pertains to an aircraft wing comprising a fixed wing (1), a wingtip device being connected to a tip of the fixed wing (1) along a hinge band (4) at an upper side of the fixed wing (1), the wingtip device being configurable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operation, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is folded upwardly by rotating about the hinge band (4) from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced, and a bolt-locking assembly (6) comprising locking bolts (7) and being configured to lock the wingtip device in the flight configuration via the locking bolts (7) at a lower side of the fixed wing (1) at the tip (3) of the fixed wing (1).
AIRCRAFT WING WITH UPWARDLY FOLDABLE WINGTIP DEVICE
FLUGZEUGFLÜGEL MIT NACH OBEN KLAPPBARER FLÜGELSPITZENVORRICHTUNG
AILE D'AÉRONEF AVEC BOUT D'AILE REPLIABLE VERS LE HAUT
2018-04-18
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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