An aircraft wing has a main fixed wing portion 7 and a wing tip device 9 at a tip thereof. The wing tip device 9 is configurable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, in which ground configuration the wing tip device 9 is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing 5 is reduced. A hinge arrangement 11 connects the main fixed wing portion 7 and the wing tip device 9 and enables the wing tip device 9 to rotate between the ground configuration and the flight configuration. The hinge arrangement 11 protrudes beyond an outer surface of the main fixed wing portion 7 and wing tip device 9. A fairing 16 covers at least part of the hinge arrangement on at least a suction side of the wing. The hinge arrangement 11 may include a plurality of knuckles 17a and 19a fixed to the fixed wing 7, and a plurality of knuckles 17a and 19a fixed to the wing tip device 9, the knuckles 17a and 19a protruding beyond an outer surface and having an exposed outer aerodynamic surface.


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    Title :

    Fairing for folding wing tip


    Contributors:
    OLIVER FAMILY (author) / ROBERT MILLS (author) / CHRIS GRAY (author) / THOMAS WILSON (author)

    Publication date :

    2024-03-06


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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