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Unmanned air vehicle

  • US 8,146,855 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2008
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An unmanned air vehicle comprising a fuselage provided with a nose adapted for the incorporation of inter alia surveillance equipment or ordnance, the fuselage being provided with a tail plane with a rudder, to each side of the fuselage is attached a foldable wing adapted to carry further equipment, each wing having a root part affixed to the fuselage and a hinged part hingeably connected to the respective root part to allow the vehicle to form a substantially triangular shape when the hinged parts are folded, each said root part and said hinged part having at least one respective controllable aileron at its trailing edge, each aileron controllable for individual control during outbound flight including the launch phase with the vehicle in the folded triangular shape, a propulsive launch engine, and at least one flight power unit for flight.

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