SYSTEM FOR LATCHING AND LOCKING A FOLDABLE AIRFOIL An aircraft (110) comprises a foldable airfoil (210). The airfoil (210) includes inboard and outboard sections (230, 220) that are hinged together about a hinge line. The airfoil (210) further includes a first latching mechanism (250) on an inboard side of the hinge line, and a second latching mechanism (260) on an outboard side of the hinge line for latching the outboard section (220) to the inboard section (230). FOLDABLE WING FOLDABLE OUTBOARD SECTION 220 FIXED INBOARD SECTION 230 FOLD ACTUATOR INBOARD LATCHING 250 OUTBOARD LATCHING 260
System for latching and locking a foldable airfoil
2019-01-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |