An aircraft is disclosed having a wing, the wing having a fixed wing with a wing tip device moveably mounted about a hinge at the tip thereof. The wing tip device is operable between a flight configuration, and a load alleviating configuration for load alleviation during flight. The aircraft includes a restraining assembly operable between a restraining mode in which the wing tip device is held in the flight configuration using a restraining force such as by a brake, and a releasing mode in which the restraining force on the wing tip device is released, such that the wing tip device may adopt the load alleviating configuration.
AN AIRCRAFT WING WITH A MOVEABLE WING TIP DEVICE FOR LOAD ALLEVIATION
2019-01-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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