An aircraft wing having a fixed wing (3) and a wing tip device (4) at the tip of the fixed wing, the wing tip device being movable relative to the fixed wing between flight and ground configurations (4a, 4b), the aircraft wing having a locking mechanism (11) comprising a locking bore (15, 16) and a locking pin (17), the locking mechanism being configurable between a locked configuration, in which the locking pin is received in the locking bore, to lock the wing tip device in one of the flight or ground configurations, and an unlocked configuration in which the locking pin is withdrawn from the locking bore such that the wing tip device is moveable relative to the fixed wing, wherein the locking pin is configured such that it has a replaceable tip (17b).
AN AIRCRAFT WING WITH WING TIP DEVICE
FLUGZEUGFLÜGEL MIT FLÜGELSPITZENVORRICHTUNG
AILE D'AÉRONEF COMPORTANT UN DISPOSITIF D'EMBOUT D'AILE
2022-08-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |