Pivotal mono wing cruise missile with wing deployment and fastener mechanism

A mono wing aircraft comprising:

• an elongate aircraft fuselage;
• a single, moveable wing coupled to said fuselage, selectively positionable between a storage position and an extended free flight position, the longitudinal axis of said moveable wing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said storage position and being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said extended free flight position;
• at least one aperture in said single, moveable wing and
• attachment means connected to said fuselage for attaching said mono wing aircraft to a carrier and having an extended position wherein said attachment means extends through said at least one aperture and further being retractable through said at least one aperture to a retracted position so as to enable said single moveable wing to move toward said free flight position.

A mono wing aircraft comprising:

• an elongated aircraft fuselage:
• a single, moveable wing coupled to said fuselage, selectively positionable between a storage position and an extended free-flight position, the longitudinal axis of said moveable wing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said storage position and being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said extended free flight position;
• bias means connected to said single, moveable wing and to said fuselage for exerting a force on said wing during the entire time said wing is in said storage position for predisposing said wing toward said extended free flight position;
• said bias means comprising:
• an attachment bracket comprising a disc shaped member having a connecting rod coupled thereto and extending perpendicularly therefore for attachment to said wing and for extending through said fuselage in rotatable engagement therewith;
• a pulley connected to said fuselage;
• a cable having a first end and a second end, said first end being connected to said attachment bracket, said cable being in slidable engagement with said pulley;
• a spring having a first end connected to said fuselage and a second end connected said cable second end for biasing said wing towards said free flight position;
• said aircraft further comprising:
• latch means having a latched and an unlatched position for preventing the movement of said disc shaped member when in said latched position, said disc shaped member including first and second notches for receiving said latch means, said latch means further comprising a pivot rod actuable between latched and unlatched positions;
• and
• a second cable having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second cable being attached to said attachment bracket and fruther comprising a second spring having a first end connected to said fuselage and a second end connected to said second cable second end for biasing said wing towards said free flight position.

A mono wing aircraft comprising:

• an elongate aircraft fuselage;
• a single, movable wing coupled to said fuselage, selectively positionable between a storage position and an extended free flight position, the longitudinal axis of said moveable wing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said storage position and being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said extended free flight position;
• and
• attachment means connected to said fuselage for attaching said mono wing aircraft to a carrier, said attachment means having an extended position for attachment of said mono wing aircraft to a carrier and a retracted position when said attachment means is not connected to said carrier, wherein said attachment means retracts within said aircraft fuselage when in said retracted position.

A mono wing aircraft comprising:

• an elongate aircraft fuselage;
• a single, moveable wing coupled to said fuselage, selectively positionable between a storage position and an extended free flight position, the longitudinal axis of said moveable wing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said storage position and being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said extended free flight position;
• attachment means connected to said fuselage for attaching said mono wing aircraft to a carrier, said attachment means comprising:
• a cylinder having an interior cylinder wall, a first end and a second end and having means for connection to said fuselage;
• a piston positioned in slidable engagement with said cylinder wall;
• a connecting rod having extended and retracted positions and having a first end connected to said piston and a second end for releaseable engagement with a deployment actuating mechanism connected to said carrier;
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• spring means connected to said connecting rod and to said cylinder for biasing said connecting rod toward said cylinder second end.

A method of air launching a plurality of winged cruise missiles and for maximizing the number of cruise missiles that can be stored and launched from the bomb racks of a carrier aircraft having such bomb racks comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of cruise missiles each comprising:
• an elongate aircraft fuselage having a cruise missile engine contained therewithin;
• a single, movable wing coupled to said fuselage, selectively positionable between a storage position and an extended free flight position, the longitudinal axis of said movable wing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said storage position and being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said extended free flight position;
• releasably attaching each said cruise missile to one of said bomb racks with said single, movable wing in said storage position with an attachment means for attaching each said cruise missile to one said bomb rack;
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• releasing said attachment means to launch at least one of said cruise missiles such that said attachment means completely disengages from said bomb rack prior to any relative motion of said cruise missile with respect to said bomb rack, wherein said attachment means comprises means having an extended position for attachment of said cruise missile to said bomb rack and a retracted position when said attachment means is not connected to said bomb rack, and wherein said attachment means retracts within said fuselage.

A swing wing cruise missile system for attachment to a bomb rack comprising:

• at least one cruise missile comprising:
• an elongate aircraft fuselage having a cruise missile engine contained therewithin;
• a single, movable wing coupled to said fuselage, selectively positionable between a storage position and an extended free flight position, the longitudinal axis of said movable wing being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said storage position and being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fuselage when in said extended free flight position;
• means connected to said fuselage for releasably attaching said cruise missile to said bomb rack;
• said means for releasably attaching being completely disengaged from said bomb rack prior to any relative motion of said cruise missile with respect to said bomb rack, wherein said means for releasably attaching has an extended position when said cruise missile is attached to said bomb rack and a retracted position when said means for releasing attaching is disconnected from said bomb rack and wherein said means for releasably attaching retracts within said missile fuselage upon release from said bomb rack.