A wing-fold apparatus for folding a wing of an aircraft, comprising: an extension tube (230), coupled to an inboard section (220) of the wing and to an outboard section (210) of the wing; a pivot point (310) located at a juncture between the extension tube (230) and the inboard wing section (220); and an alignment guide (850) including a narrowing slot (1420) that interacts with a pin (1410) affixed to the extension tube (230) as the wing is placed in a flight configuration, and responsive to the pin (1410) interacting with the narrowing slot (1420), a plurality of shear pins (615, 655) parallel with the lateral axis (110) and affixed to a wing spar (180,190) each interact with a corresponding receptacle (625, 660) to join an outboard wing section spar (180) with a inboard wing section spar (190), and wherein the extension tube (230) is independent of the inboard wing section spar (180) and independent of the outboard wing section spar (190).
MANUAL WING-FOLD MECHANISM
MANUELLER FLÜGELFALTUNGSMECHANISMUS
MÉCANISME DE REPLIEMENT MANUEL DE VOILURE
2018-10-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |