WING ADJUSTING MECHANISM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for generating aerodynamic lift and in particular an aircraft (100) for vertical take-off and landing. A wing arrangement (110) comprises at least one propulsion unit (111), wherein the propulsion unit (111) comprises a rotating mass which is rotatable around a rotary axis (117). The wing arrangement (110) is mounted to a fuselage (101) such that the wing arrangement (110) is tiltable around a longitudinal wing axis (112) of the wing arrangement (110) and such that the wing arrangement (110) is rotatable with respect to the fuselage (101) around a further rotary axis that differs to the longitudinal wing axis (112). An adjusting mechanism adjusts a tilting angle of the wing arrangement (110) around the longitudinal wing axis (112) under influence of a precession force (Fp) which forces the wing arrangement (110) to tilt around the longitudinal wing axis (112).
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28 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A device for generating aerodynamic lift, the device comprising:
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a wing arrangement which comprises at least one propulsion unit; wherein the propulsion unit comprises a rotating mass which is rotatable around a rotary axis, wherein the wing arrangement is tiltable around a longitudinal wing axis of the wing arrangement, wherein the wing arrangement is rotatable around a further rotary axis that differs to the longitudinal wing axis, and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a tilting angle of the wing arrangement around the longitudinal wing axis under influence of a precession force which forces the wing arrangement to tilt around the longitudinal wing axis. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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