AIRCRAFT Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: flying vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed aircraft has fuselage with tail unit in form of fin provided with rudder and stabilizer with elevator, folding wing in form of root part and two tips, wing folding hydraulic mechanism and drive. Sides of fuselage are provided with flat sites with hole in their center; leading edge of wing is straight and trailing edge has form of hyperbolic curve. Root part of wing consists of two independent sections articulated with tips. Mounted in fuselage is wing turn mechanism provided with stops made in form of flanges secured to flat site and fitted with two beads located in struts attached to fuselage floor; mechanism includes also driven bevel gear rigidly fitted in center of axle, two half-axles passed through central hole of stop, two cams fitted on outer ends of half-axles, two rigid couplings connecting inner ends of half-axles with axles, four switches mounted in pairs in ends of stops; each of them is secured to end of root part of wing. Drive consists of electric motor, reduction gear and clutch; drive bevel gear is fitted on output shaft of reduction gear and is thrown into engagement with driven gear.

EFFECT: extended functional capabilities.

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