STOL/VTOL free wing aircraft with modular wing and tail

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5941478
SERIAL NO

09066980

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Abstract

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A mechanism for quickly removing and installing the free wings and/or the tail booms of a freewing aircraft to the fuselage. The fuselage includes a free wing cross tube extending transversely through the fuselage at the spanwise axis, and each of the left and right free wings includes a support tube disposed therein, also along the spanwise axis, with a portion of the wing structural tube being received within the fuselage cross tube. A quick-release pin is insertable in holes disposed in both the structural tube and the cross tube when the holes are placed in alignment. A second cross tube extends transversely through the rear end of the fuselage at the tail boom pivot axis. At least a portion of each tail boom member is disposed in surrounding relationship to the cross tube. In a preferred embodiment, a quick-release pin is insertable in holes disposed in both the tail boom member portion and the cross tube when the holes are placed in alignment.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • FREEWING AERIAL ROBOTICS CORPORATION;JOAO VERDI CARVALHO LEITE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Schmittle, Hugh Westminster, MD 7 287

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