A stand for holding a flight control surface of an aircraft wing. The stand has a longitudinal spine supported by plural uprights and supporting at least two hanger assemblies. Each hanger assembly has attachment points transversely outboard of the spine. Rods articulably depend downwardly from the respective attachment points to be articulably connected at a cradle. The cradle is configured to fixedly hold an aircraft flight control surface for maintenance. By adjusting the transverse spacing of the rods from the spine, the attitude of the flight control surface can be adjusted as needed for a particular maintenance task.
Flight control surface maintenance stand
2024-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / F16M Rahmen, Gehäuse oder Grundplatten von Kraftmaschinen oder anderen Maschinen oder von Apparaten, nicht auf eine besondere Art von Maschine oder Apparat eingeschränkt, die anderweitig vorgesehen ist , FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE |