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Delta Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Method of Manufacture of the Same

  • US 20140197280A1
  • Filed: 08/13/2012
  • Published: 07/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle comprised of a Styrofoam scalable delta wing lifting body with attached Styrofoam horizontal wing projections, or tiplets, creating a dihedral surface and diamond/rhomboid-shaped symmetrical airfoil controlled with a rudder/vertical stabilizer assembly and a set of rear combined elevator/aileron surfaces (elevons), in which the vehicle'"'"'s longitudinal axis is approximately sixty-five percent (65%) of the lateral axis and the tiplets are attached to the main lifting body at an approximately 10 degree upward angle from horizontal and have a 30 degree sweep back leading edge, and each tiplet comprises approximately 5% of the total wing area.

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