Oblique wing aircraft can operate at low takeoff and landing speeds while providing efficient low speed loiter and efficient high-subsonic flight with minimum supersonic wave drag. However, the angle of wing sweep and wing aspect ratio are limited by the onset of aeroelastic divergence. Described herein is an aircraft includes a fuselage, a main wing pivotally coupled to an aft portion of the fuselage, and a canard coupled to a forward portion of fuselage, wherein the main wing and the canard are configured to be connected together for supersonic flight and disconnected from each other for subsonic flight. When the main wing is in an asymmetrically-swept position, a forward-reaching portion of the main wing mechanically locks to the canard.
Avion comprenant un fuselage, une aile principale accouplée pivotante à une partie arrière du fuselage, et un canard accouplé à une partie avant du fuselage, l'aile principale et le canard étant configurés pour être reliés l'un à l'autre pour un vol supersonique et séparés l'un de l'autre pour un vol subsonique.
CANARD-LOCKED OBLIQUE WING AIRCRAFT
AVION A AILE OBLIQUE A BLOCAGE DE CANARD
2016-08-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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