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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
James C. Copp, Arlington, TX (US);
Steven J. Ellzey, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An aircraft is provided comprising: a fuselage, a first tail fin rotatably mounted to a first lateral side and a second tail fin rotatably mounted to the second lateral side. A wing body is rotatably mounted to the underside of the fuselage. A pair of independent tail fin latch and release devices are provided to independently latch the first tail fin and the second tail fin when the wing body having a first angle is in a stowed position with respect to the fuselage, to independently unlatch the first tail fin in response to a second angle of the wing body with respect to the fuselage, and to independently unlatch the second tail fin in response to a third angle of the wing body with respect to the fuselage. The first angle, second angle and third angle are different angles with respect to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage.