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.
Fairing for folding wing tip
2024-03-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |