Unmanned air vehicle
First Claim
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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Abstract
An unmanned air vehicle for military, land security and the like operations includes a fuselage provided with foldable wings having leading edge flaps and trailing edge ailerons which are operable during ascent from launch to control the flight pattern with the wings folded, the wings being deployed into an open unfolded position when appropriate. The vehicle is contained within a pod from which it is launched and a landing deck is provided to decelerate and arrest the vehicle upon its return to land.
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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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