Some embodiments described herein relate to a wing that is coupled to a body of a vehicle and configured to rotate forward from a deployed configuration, in which the wing extends from the body to a retracted configuration in which a tip portion of the wing is closer to a nose portion of the body than a root portion of the wing is to the nose portion. A hinged beam having a first portion pivotably coupled to a second portion is configured to transmit loads associated with flight from the wing to the body.
FOLDING BEAM FOR SWINGING WING
BIEGEWANGE FÜR DREHFLÜGEL
POUTRE PLIANTE POUR AILE OSCILLANTE
02.08.2023
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |