Aircraft with releasable wings

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1988-04-26

1991-04-23

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Miscellaneous

89 114, 102378, 244139, 244120, B64C 132

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050093746

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to aircraft and specifically to devices for disconnecting the winds in a rapid manner. The frame of the wings is atached to the frame of the fuselage with exploding bolts. The skin of the wings is secured to the skin of the fuselage with rivets that also explode or a burnable tape is placed under the skin to sever the skin. A control arrangement is provided that simultaneously ignites the exploding bolts and the rivets or the tape to disconnect the wings from the fuselage.

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patent: 4306693 (1981-12-01), Cooper
patent: 4660807 (1987-04-01), Campana

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