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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Patrick Mccormick, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Christopher Bujnowski, Everett, WA (US);
George Moy, Seattle, WA (US);
Sarah Sheehy, Shoreline, WA (US);
Endri Kerci, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Austin Schantz, Everett, WA (US);
Paul Ryan Leonard, Seattle, WA (US);
Caitlin Boxell, Lancaster, CA (US);
Erin Campbell, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
John W. Gunderson, Issaquah, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A folding wingtip aircraft includes a wing that includes a primary portion and a wingtip. The folding wingtip aircraft includes a folding wingtip system configured to rotate the wingtip relative to the primary portion. The folding wingtip aircraft also includes a flight control computer. The flight control computer is configured to, in response to a first determination that a wingtip position of the wingtip is not in a folded position when a second determination indicates that a last completed command by the folding wingtip system was a fold command, set error codes for the folding wingtip system. The flight control computer is also configured to change a setting to indicate that the folding wingtip aircraft is grounded based on the error codes.