Wing for use in a flapping wing aircraft
AssigneeFesto AG & Co.
InventorRainer Mugrauer
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Abstract
A wing for use in a flapping wing aircraft, having a strut assembly including a main strut and a plurality of support struts each oriented at an angular interval between 30 degrees and 90 degrees with respect to the support strut, at least a section of the support struts having a front section, a connecting section adjacent thereto, and a rear section adjacent thereto, and wherein each of said support struts is secured to said main strut by said connecting section, and further having a group of planking members made of a resilient and dimensionally stable sheet material and connected to said strut assembly.
Claims7
A wing for use in a flapping wing aircraft, comprising a strut assembly including a main strut and a plurality of support struts each oriented within an angular interval between 30 degrees and 90 degrees with respect to the main strut, wherein at least one support strut has a front section, a connecting section adjacent thereto, and a rear section adjacent thereto and wherein the connecting section is fixed to the main strut, and further comprising a group of planking members which are made of an elastic and dimensionally stable foil material and which are connected to the strut assembly, and
- wherein the connecting sections are connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the main strut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.