GB2434783A - Aircraft with folded wings - Google Patents

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GB2434783A
GB2434783A GB0601994A GB0601994A GB2434783A GB 2434783 A GB2434783 A GB 2434783A GB 0601994 A GB0601994 A GB 0601994A GB 0601994 A GB0601994 A GB 0601994A GB 2434783 A GB2434783 A GB 2434783A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U20/00—Constructional aspects of UAVs
    • B64U20/50—Foldable or collapsible UAVs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U30/00—Means for producing lift; Empennages; Arrangements thereof
    • B64U30/10—Wings
    • B64U30/12—Variable or detachable wings, e.g. wings with adjustable sweep
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/38—Adjustment of complete wings or parts thereof
    • B64C3/56—Folding or collapsing to reduce overall dimensions of aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
    • B64C39/02—Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
    • B64C39/024—Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use of the remote controlled vehicle type, i.e. RPV
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U70/00—Launching, take-off or landing arrangements
    • B64U70/20—Launching, take-off or landing arrangements for releasing or capturing UAVs in flight by another aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U2101/00—UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications
    • B64U2101/30—UAVs specially adapted for particular uses or applications for imaging, photography or videography

Abstract

The aircraft comprises two wings which are vertically displaced. The fuselage on which the wings are mounted may be in the form of a tube or canister from which a portion has been removed to accommodate the wings when folded. The aircraft may be a tube-launched Unmanned Air Vehicle, or an aircraft intended to be stored in close proximity to other aircraft.

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<p>Description</p>
<p>Folding wings for UAV's and Manned Aircraft The invention of the particular folding wing mechanism and configuration was initiated by the design criteria for a tube launched Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). The requirement calls for a UAV for the purpose of ground surveillance to be launched from a tube or canister small enough for a single solider to carry without hindering there</p>
<p>performance on the battlefield.</p>
<p>The usual approach to this would be keep the wings with the same relative vertical location and simply fold them. This method although achieving the folding does so at a cost of volume. The resulting tube or canister is large as both wings are stacked away from the diameter line of the container.</p>
<p>To solve this problem, the location of the wings was looked at from a basis of pure storage. l'he configuration that resulted was to alter the relative vertical location of the wings, having one wing high and the other low on the fuselage cross-section, and removing some of the fuselage behind the wing root.</p>
<p>The implication on the actual aircraft with this configuration is that the main storage area for items like; avionics, fuel/batteries and cargo is not reduced by a large amount. The reason for this is that the only space taken away by sinking the wings is the "wasted" space that would otherwise by empty.</p>
<p>Fig I shows the deployed configuration of the wings, clearly visible is the vertical displacement of the wings.</p>
<p>By referring to fig 2, it can be easily seen that the folded aircraft can be located into a simple circular tube of a diameter little larger than the fuselage diameter.</p>
<p>The primary application for this invention was a tube launched UAV; this has been brought to proof-of-concept level and will be marketed as soon as intellectual property protection is in place.</p>

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  1. <p>Claims I. The relative vertical displacement of aircraft wings as set
    out in fig I
  2. 2. The use of claim I for tube launched aircraft
  3. 3. The use of claim I for aircraft launched from modified weapons systems
  4. 4. The use of claim 1 for aircraft stored in hangers</p>
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US8584985B2 (en) 2008-05-13 2013-11-19 Bae Systems Plc Launch system
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CN106143911A (en) * 2016-07-13 2016-11-23 西藏长源动力科技有限公司 A kind of individual soldier carries, can cartridge type storage and the collapsible unmanned plane launched
US9789950B1 (en) 2013-04-24 2017-10-17 Bird Aerospace Llc Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-part foldable wings
CN107458579A (en) * 2017-08-01 2017-12-12 中国航空工业集团公司西安飞机设计研究所 A kind of unmanned plane device
CN109436363A (en) * 2018-09-27 2019-03-08 航天时代飞鸿技术有限公司 It is a kind of for big overload, the catapult-assisted take-off control method of folding wings formula unmanned plane
CN110466749A (en) * 2018-05-09 2019-11-19 绿灯实验室(深圳)科技有限公司 Vertically taking off and landing flyer and its flight control method
US10703506B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2020-07-07 Aerovironment, Inc. Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube
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GB785633A (en) * 1954-11-13 1957-10-30 Maurice Louis Hurel Improvements in aircraft having a variable wing area
US6745979B1 (en) * 2002-10-22 2004-06-08 Zhuo Chen Spacecraft and aerospace plane having scissors wings

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GB785633A (en) * 1954-11-13 1957-10-30 Maurice Louis Hurel Improvements in aircraft having a variable wing area
US6745979B1 (en) * 2002-10-22 2004-06-08 Zhuo Chen Spacecraft and aerospace plane having scissors wings

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US8584985B2 (en) 2008-05-13 2013-11-19 Bae Systems Plc Launch system
US11555672B2 (en) 2009-02-02 2023-01-17 Aerovironment, Inc. Multimode unmanned aerial vehicle
US11040766B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2021-06-22 Aerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
US11577818B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2023-02-14 Aerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
US10583910B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2020-03-10 Aerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
US10703506B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2020-07-07 Aerovironment, Inc. Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube
CN105151275A (en) * 2009-09-09 2015-12-16 威罗门飞行公司 Elevon control system
JP2016128322A (en) * 2009-09-09 2016-07-14 エアロバイロメント, インコーポレイテッドAerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
US11667373B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2023-06-06 Aerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
US10953976B2 (en) * 2009-09-09 2021-03-23 Aerovironment, Inc. Air vehicle system having deployable airfoils and rudder
US10696375B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2020-06-30 Aerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
US11319087B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2022-05-03 Aerovironment, Inc. Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube
US11731784B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2023-08-22 Aerovironment, Inc. Systems and devices for remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle report-suppressing launcher with portable RF transparent launch tube
US10960968B2 (en) 2009-09-09 2021-03-30 Aerovironment, Inc. Elevon control system
GB2490141A (en) * 2011-04-19 2012-10-24 Blue Bear Systems Res Ltd Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) having wings and tailerons hinged to a fuselage
GB2490141B (en) * 2011-04-19 2015-02-11 Blue Bear Systems Res Ltd Air Vehicle
CN102837820B (en) * 2012-10-09 2014-07-23 河北科技大学 Small-size wing-foldable unmanned aerial vehicle with Z-shaped wing layout
CN102837820A (en) * 2012-10-09 2012-12-26 河北科技大学 Small-size wing-foldable unmanned aerial vehicle with Z-shaped wing layout
US9789950B1 (en) 2013-04-24 2017-10-17 Bird Aerospace Llc Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-part foldable wings
CN103693197A (en) * 2013-11-29 2014-04-02 南京航空航天大学 Submarine-launched unmanned aerial vehicle
CN106143911A (en) * 2016-07-13 2016-11-23 西藏长源动力科技有限公司 A kind of individual soldier carries, can cartridge type storage and the collapsible unmanned plane launched
CN107458579A (en) * 2017-08-01 2017-12-12 中国航空工业集团公司西安飞机设计研究所 A kind of unmanned plane device
CN110466749A (en) * 2018-05-09 2019-11-19 绿灯实验室(深圳)科技有限公司 Vertically taking off and landing flyer and its flight control method
CN109436363A (en) * 2018-09-27 2019-03-08 航天时代飞鸿技术有限公司 It is a kind of for big overload, the catapult-assisted take-off control method of folding wings formula unmanned plane

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