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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2024
Applicants:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 3/38 (2006.01); B64C 3/54 (2006.01); B64C 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/072 (2017.05); B64C 3/385 (2013.01); B64C 3/546 (2013.01); B64C 3/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft wing is provided having a fixed wing with a gulled wing tip rotatably mounted at the tip thereof, the gulled wing tip extending below a wing plane defined by the end of the fixed wing such that the centre of gravity of the gulled wing tip is located below the wing plane. Lowering the centre of gravity of the gulled wing tip has been found to reduce the onset of flutter. The gulled wing tip may be gulled about a hinge axis where it meets the fixed wing, or may be otherwise folded or curved to lower the centre of gravity of the gulled wing tip.