Arrangement for avoiding clashing between an actuation assembly and an upper cover of a folding wing tip
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJack HORWOOD, Paul MORRELL, Matt HARDING
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AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJack HORWOOD, Paul MORRELL, Matt HARDING
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An aircraft wing having a fixed wing and a wing tip device rotatable about a hinge at the tip of the fixed wing is disclosed. The wing further includes an actuation assembly for rotating the wing tip device about the hinge. The upper cover of the wing tip device includes an offset region extending inboard of the hinge axis, such that when the wing tip device is rotated to the ground configuration, the offset region extends into a space previously-occupied by the actuation assembly, but is outside the space occupied by the actuation assembly in the ground configuration.
An aircraft wing, the aircraft wing comprising a fixed wing and a wing tip device rotatable about a hinge axis of a hinge at the tip of the fixed wing between:
A folding wing tip arrangement for an aircraft wing, the arrangement comprising a fixed wing and a hinged wing tip device at the tip thereof, the wing tip device being configurable by a wing tip actuator between:
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