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).


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT WING WITH UPWARDLY FOLDABLE WINGTIP DEVICE


    Additional title:

    FLUGZEUGFLÜGEL MIT NACH OBEN KLAPPBARER FLÜGELSPITZENVORRICHTUNG
    AILE D'AÉRONEF AVEC BOUT D'AILE REPLIABLE VERS LE HAUT


    Contributors:
    MOELLER FRANK (author) / STAHL GERD (author)

    Publication date :

    2018-04-18


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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