GB2545078B - Wing structure with adjustable aerofoils - Google Patents

Wing structure with adjustable aerofoils

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Publication number
GB2545078B
GB2545078B GB1618236.2A GB201618236A GB2545078B GB 2545078 B GB2545078 B GB 2545078B GB 201618236 A GB201618236 A GB 201618236A GB 2545078 B GB2545078 B GB 2545078B
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Prior art keywords
aerofoils
adjustable
wing structure
wing
adjustable aerofoils
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GB201618236D0 (en
Inventor
David Wright Julian
Giacomo Robert Colosimo Nicholas
Warsop Clyde
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BAE Systems PLC
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BAE Systems PLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/10—Shape of wings
    • B64C3/14—Aerofoil profile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C27/00—Rotorcraft; Rotors peculiar thereto
    • B64C27/22—Compound rotorcraft, i.e. aircraft using in flight the features of both aeroplane and rotorcraft
    • B64C27/24—Compound rotorcraft, i.e. aircraft using in flight the features of both aeroplane and rotorcraft with rotor blades fixed in flight to act as lifting surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C27/00—Rotorcraft; Rotors peculiar thereto
    • B64C27/04—Helicopters
    • B64C27/12—Rotor drives
    • B64C27/16—Drive of rotors by means, e.g. propellers, mounted on rotor blades
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/38—Adjustment of complete wings or parts thereof
    • B64C3/44—Varying camber
    • B64C3/46—Varying camber by inflatable elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/38—Adjustment of complete wings or parts thereof
    • B64C3/44—Varying camber
    • B64C3/48—Varying camber by relatively-movable parts of wing structures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/25—Fixed-wing aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U30/00—Means for producing lift; Empennages; Arrangements thereof
    • B64U30/20—Rotors; Rotor supports
    • B64U30/21—Rotary wings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/10—Rotorcrafts
    • 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
GB1618236.2A 2015-10-30 2016-10-28 Wing structure with adjustable aerofoils Active GB2545078B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB1519178.6A GB201519178D0 (en) 2015-10-30 2015-10-30 Air vehicle and method and apparatus for control thereof

Publications (3)

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GB201618236D0 GB201618236D0 (en) 2016-12-14
GB2545078A GB2545078A (en) 2017-06-07
GB2545078B true GB2545078B (en) 2018-11-14

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Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1269497B (en) * 1963-10-08 1968-05-30 Christian Hoefer Transverse drive surface, in particular aircraft wing, with plates that shape the profile contour and are connected to one another by joints
FR2246444A1 (en) * 1973-10-05 1975-05-02 Morin Bernard Aircraft with slow landing speed - wing section is variable between thin and thick in flight
JPH03292294A (en) * 1990-04-06 1991-12-24 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Vertical take-off and lading aircraft
JP2012111475A (en) * 2010-11-28 2012-06-14 Kenta Yasuda Vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft by wing-rotor

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1269497B (en) * 1963-10-08 1968-05-30 Christian Hoefer Transverse drive surface, in particular aircraft wing, with plates that shape the profile contour and are connected to one another by joints
FR2246444A1 (en) * 1973-10-05 1975-05-02 Morin Bernard Aircraft with slow landing speed - wing section is variable between thin and thick in flight
JPH03292294A (en) * 1990-04-06 1991-12-24 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Vertical take-off and lading aircraft
JP2012111475A (en) * 2010-11-28 2012-06-14 Kenta Yasuda Vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft by wing-rotor

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GB2545078A (en) 2017-06-07
GB201519178D0 (en) 2015-12-16
GB201618236D0 (en) 2016-12-14

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