Spring-erected telescopic wing support structure

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1982-02-10

1986-05-06

Walsh, Donald P.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Missile stabilization or trajectory control

Externally mounted stabilizing appendage

244 328, 244 324, F42B 1332

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045866805

ABSTRACT:
A wing support structure for a self-erecting collapsible wing includes a telescoping strut assembly including a leading strut and a trailing strut each pinned at an inner end to fixed pins on a base support structure and pinned to a common pivot pin at the outer end and each strut being telescoping for retraction to a colinear position and spring biased to an outward fully deployed position. Each strut includes inner and outer tubular strut members in which is confined a compression spring with the inner and outer members including an antirotation lock and an anticollapse lock.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2365577 (1944-12-01), Moore
patent: 3826448 (1974-07-01), Burk, Jr.
patent: 4072107 (1978-02-01), Saxe et al.
patent: 4351499 (1982-09-01), Maudal

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