Winged vehicle with variable-sweep cantilevered wing mounted on a translating wing-support body

A winged vehicle comprising

• an elongated fuselage;
• a wing mechanism affixed to the fuselage and comprising
• a wing-support-body track affixed to and extending lengthwise along the fuselage,
• a translating wing-support body engaged to and translatable along the wing-support-body track,
• exactly two deployable cantilevered wings, each deployable cantilevered wing having a wing pivot mounted to the translating wing-support body so that the deployable cantilevered wing is pivotable about the translating wing-support body, wherein the cantilevered wings are supported only from the respective wing pivots mounted to the translating wing support body, and wherein the two deployable cantilevered wings are each pivotable between
• a stowed position wherein the deployable cantilevered wings lie relatively close to the fuselage when the translating wing-support body is in a first position along the wing-support-body track, and
• a deployed position wherein the deployable cantilevered wings extend relatively outwardly from the fuselage when the translating wing-support body is in a second position along the wing-support-body track;
• and
• an actuation mechanism operable to controllably move the translating wing-support body along the wing-support-body track, the actuation mechanism comprising
• a leadscrew operable between the fuselage and the translating wing-support body,
• an electromechanical drive motor that turns the leadscrew, and
• a pivot mechanism whose turning produces a pivoting movement of the deployable cantilevered wings about their respective wing pivots relative to the translating wing-support body, wherein the pivot mechanism is indirectly turned by the leadscrew.

A winged vehicle comprising

• an elongated fuselage;
• a wing mechanism affixed to the fuselage and comprising
• a wing-support-body track affixed to and extending lengthwise along the fuselage,
• a translating wing-support body engaged to and translatable along the wing-support-body track,
• exactly two deployable cantilevered wings, each deployable cantilevered wing having a wing pivot mounted to the translating wing-support body so that the deployable cantilevered wing is pivotable about the translating wing-support body, wherein the two deployable cantilevered wings are each pivotable between
• a stowed position wherein the deployable cantilevered wings lie relatively close to the fuselage when the translating wing-support body is in a first position along the wing-support-body track, and
• a deployed position wherein the deployable cantilevered wings extend relatively outwardly from the fuselage when the translating wing-support body is in a second position along the wing-support-body track;
• and
• an actuation mechanism operable to controllably move the translating wing-support body along the wing-support-body track and to controllably move the two deployable cantilevered wings between the stowed position and the deployed position, the actuation mechanism comprising
• a first drive comprising a first actuator that moves the wing-support body along the wing-support-body track, and
• a second drive comprising a second actuator that controllably moves the two deployable cantilevered wings between the stowed position and the deployed position independently of the movement of the wing-support body.