The present invention provides a swash plate 21 for a hybrid air vehicle 100 able to transition between rotary-wing and fixed-wing flight modes, the swash plate 21 comprising: a frame 211 arranged to be driven to travel up and down a plurality of legs 231 extending from a fuselage 22 of the air vehicle, the frame 211 being mounted such that it can rotate relative to the fuselage 22; at least one connecting rod 212a&b for coupling the frame 211 to a wing member 16a&b of the air vehicle 100, the at least one connecting rod 212a&b being coupled at its top end to the wing member 16 and at its bottom end to the frame 211, wherein a bottom end of the at least one connecting rod 212a&b is arranged to slide along one side of the frame 211 and to pivot about a transverse axis of the frame 211. The present invention also provides a hybrid air vehicle having the same and a method of operating a swash plate.


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    Title :

    A swash plate



    Publication date :

    2024-08-28


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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