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7503527 Flight control method and apparatus to produce induced yaw  
A method of controlling an aircraft in a turn without the use of a rudder by producing induced yaw. Induced yaw being produced by creating a net induced drag differential between an inboard wing to...
7377470 Wireless-controlled airplane  
A wireless-controlled airplane includes a flying unit and an on-ground controller which is connected to the flying unit through a communication section and flies the flying unit. The flying unit...
7311288 Aircraft wing structure and a method for decreasing flight speed of the aircraft  
The invention provides a wing structure for an aircraft, including a top skin and a bottom skin defining a primary wing surface, the surface having a width, a length, a leading edge and a trailing...
7296529 Fluidynamic lift combined array, technology  
A Fluidynamic Lift Combined Array, Technology for flying, and/or land, and/or other motor vehicles comprises: a. an aerodynamic structure of chord-telescopic smooth-united multisegment...
6981676 Method and spoiler system for ensuring the aerodynamic continuity of the upper surface of an aircraft  
Method and spoiler system for ensuring the aerodynamic continuity of the upper surface of an aircraft wing. According to the invention, the spoiler 7 has a chord (C) of adjustable length and...
6974112 Deployment system for a moveable wing surface  
A deployment system for deploying a moveable wing surface ( 22 ) from a main wing section ( 8 ). The deployment system includes a plurality of swing arm assemblies ( 24,26 ) connecting the moveable...
6910662 Aircraft wing and wing parts movable adjacent to the aircraft wing  
Wing parts ( 20, 21 ) which influence the lift of aircraft wings ( 1 ), especially wings ( 1 ) with a cross section and an angle of attack which is suitable for high-speed flight, which parts can...
6910661 Geometric morphing wing  
An airfoil member ( 14 ) is provided including a geometric morphing device ( 18 ). The geometric morphing device ( 18 ) has an inflatable member ( 30 ). The inflatable member ( 30 ) has an exterior...
6899298 Variable area wing aircraft and method  
An STOL aircraft structure has a variable-attitude, variable-area wing in addition to a traditional airfoil. The variable wing has an angle of attack that varies from 0° to a predetermined angle...
6834835 Telescopic wing system  
The present invention is a wing having telescoping segments deployed via an actuator composed of a heat activated material. The actuator is a coiled tube of shape memory alloy (SMA) with large...
6622974 Geometric morphing wing with expandable spars  
A geometric morphing wing 12 is provided, including a rigid internal core 20 surrounded by an expandable spar 22 and covered by a wing surface overlay 24 . The expandable spar 22 includes...
6435458 Tailored wing assembly for an aircraft moveable slat system  
A wing assembly for an aircraft moveable slat system has a fixed structure and a contoured surface. The fixed structure has an exterior surface defining an external contour and an internal surface...
6241195 Extendable/retractable airfoil assembly for fixed wing aircraft  
A retractable airfoil assembly (20) augments the wing surface area (28) of an aircraft (22) enabling it to fly without stalling at reduced speeds during takeoff and landing. The airfoil assembly...
6199796 Adaptive pneumatic wing for fixed wing aircraft  
6098927 Multi-purpose aircraft  
Several innovative systems for an aircraft, and aircraft incorporating them, are disclosed. Features include inboard-mounted engine(s) with a belt drive system for turning wing-situated propellers;...
6098922 Lifting-fuselage/wing aircraft having low induced drag  
A lifting-fuselage/wing aircraft having low drag at a selected cruise condition. The aircraft includes (a) a lifting fuselage having a cross-section constituting an airfoil in a majority of...
6079672 Aileron for fixed wing aircraft  
An aircraft aileron system unique in its construction, method of deployment and the functional results obtained, is comprised of two panels located at the rear portion of the wing, in a spanwise...
5921506 Extendible leading edge flap  
A flight control system comprises trailing edge airfoil members pivotally mounted at the trailing edge of each wing of an aircraft and selectively movable on a laterally extending axis between...
5901924 Speed enhanced powered parachute  
A powered parachute or pendulum flying machine which includes a mechanism for shortening the chord length of the parachute wing, a mechanism for shortening the distance between the upper and lower...
5897076 High-efficiency, supersonic aircraft  
A supersonic flight aircraft having a longitudinally forwardly extending fuselage having an axis in the direction of flight, and a wing, and which comprises the wing extending generally laterally...
5823480 Wing with a wing grid as the end section  
A wing with a wing span (b) has a main part (1), which has a substantially closed surface with respect to the flow (v) and is provided at its free end with an end section in the form of a wing...
5803405 Expandable aircraft section  
An expandable section (12) is provided for an aircraft (10) which includes a movable rigid aircraft section (18) which is attached to the fixed aircraft structure (16) by an elastomeric transition...
5769358 Lifting-fuselage/wing aircraft having an elliptical forebody  
An aircraft having an elliptical fuselage and low skin friction drag. The aircraft includes (a) a lifting fuselage having a cross-section constituting an airfoil in a majority of vertical planes...
5730391 Universal fluid-dynamic body for aircraft and watercraft  
A body configuration for improving the fluid-dynamic performance efficiency of aircraft and watercraft comprises a generally conical upper segment (54) and a generally conical lower segment (56)...
5711496 STOL aircraft and wing slat actuating mechanism for same  
A short take off and landing (STOL) aircraft is optimized for STOL performance and flight at minimum airspeed. The aircraft includes leading edge wing slats that are extended and retracted under...
5692709 Shock wave stabilization apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method of stabilizing unstable shock waves on the surface of a body induce shock waves to form prematurely at a particular location on a surface of the body and fix that location...
5681013 Vortex leading edge flap assembly for supersonic airplanes  
A leading edge flap (16) for supersonic transport airplanes is disclosed. In its stowed position, the leading edge flap forms the lower surface of the wing leading edge up to the horizontal center...
5642867 Aerodynamic lifting and control surface and control system using same  
An aerodynamic lifting and control surface comprising an external box structure that encloses an internal grid whose members are parallel to the box structure. The external box structure comprises...
5495999 Retractable canard wing surfaces for airplanes  
A canard wing surface for aircraft, especially supersonic aircraft, which can be lowered and retracted flush into the fuselage of the aircraft when no longer needed. The canard is hinged to an...
5320310 Articulated wing mechanism  
An articulated wing has a fore wing portion and after wing portion connected to an articulate axis support structure which extends along the length of the wing and separates the two wing portions....
5312070 Segmented variable sweep wing aircraft  
A segmented variable sweep wing for an aircraft has a plurality of wing segments. A structural device movably affixes the wing segments to the fuselage of the aircraft adjacent each other at their...
5282591 Active vortex control for a high performance wing  
An on-demand wing vortex control system includes a pair of retractable pas which extend forward through slots in the leading edges of the strake and main wing at their junction. When not in use,...
5137229 Wing extendable from an airborne body  
A wing which is extendable from an airborne body. The wing includes a base spar which is actuatable through the operation of a power element, a nose spar which has one of the end sections thereof...
5127605 Control surface structures for fluid-borne vehicles and method for rotationally moving such structures  
A fluidfoil (78) for use in guiding fluid-borne vehicles has first and second bodies (82, 80) arranged in telescoping relation and collectively defining the leading and trailing edges (18, 20) of...
5118052 Variable geometry RPV  
A Variable Geometry Remotely Piloted Vehicle (VG-RPV) has a main fuselage portion supporting at one end main wing panels and a forward fuselage portion. In the stowed position, the main wings and...
5052641 Method to construct variable area, membrane spar and wing airfoil aircraft and kite wings and suitable aelerons  
The presented invention gives methods to construct two types and three kinds of variable area aircraft or kite wings. The wings share a common method of increasing or decreasing in area through...
4824053 Telescopic wing  
A telescopic airfoil comprising a plurality of short wing sections, each consisting of skin and rib, with tubular spar sections attached to the rib. Each spar section is adapted to telescope with...
4744534 Unfurlable member for increasing wing surface area  
An unfurlable sheet is normally stored within a hollowed fillet existing between the fuselage of an aircraft and a confronting edge of the aircraft wing. When the surface area of the wing is to be...
4706907 Aircraft  
An aircraft has a geometrically transformable pilot compartment, and further parts including a fuselage boom, wings and tail, wherein at least one of these parts are movable between an unfolded...
4702442 Aircraft trailing edge flap apparatus  
An aircraft trailing edge flap assembly including a main flap and an aft flap are repositioned by a dual arm rotary actuator. One arm of the rotary actuator repositions the main flap by driving a...
D291555 Two-stage spacecraft with collapsible wings  
4685410 Wing sail  
An airfoil sail system for a boat having a mast is disclosed. The airfoil sail system includes a front airfoil which is pivotal about an axis defined by the mast. The front airfoil has leading and...
4671473 Airfoil  
This invention is an improved airfoil in the form of a plurality of controllable winglets which are used to reduce the stall characteristics of wing tips and to give them better lift capabilities....
4667899 Double swing wing self-erecting missile wing structure  
A self-erecting wing structure for increased missile performance and maneuverability without significant sacrifice of payload space includes a wing pivotally attached to an air frame in a retracted...
4641800 Tandem or multi-winged high performance aircraft  
This invention relates to a tandem or multi-winged aircraft wherein a primary wing system is so designed and equipped that it is capable of being actuated in a manner to bring about a shift in the...
4614320 Aircraft wing flap  
A support and actuating system for large Fowler-type flaps on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing. Each flap is vertically and laterally supported at diagonally opposite corners, and the...
4598885 Airplane airframe  
An airplane airframe having wings connected to the fuselage by spars of smaller cross section than the wings. Movable winglets may be provided at the outboard ends of the wings. The fuselage may be...
4460138 Flexible flap for an airfoil  
This invention relates to area changing trailing edge flaps for airfoils such as wings. This invention provides a roller retractable flexible sheet flap, which when deployed is supported by...
4415131 Arc wing aircraft  
A lightweight, man carrying aircraft including a skeletal fuselage assembly in combination with a primary arc-shaped lifting airfoil having variable camber, incidence angle, and pitching moment and...
4384693 Aircraft wing provided with a high-lift system in its leading edge  
The invention relates to aircraft wings, wherein the fairing element between the leading edge of a wing and the fuselage comprises a streamlining flap movable between a folded position in which it...
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