Swing wing glider

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1984-03-22

1986-08-12

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft sustentation

Sustaining airfoils

244 49, 244 91, 446 62, 446 63, B64C 340

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046051830

ABSTRACT:
A glider comprising a pair of wings having overlapped forward, inner root portions that are freely pivotally connected and tailfins on rearward, outer portions of the wings. The tailfins are angularly offset from the general longitudinal axes of the wings so as to have an airfoil liftout angle of attack to the relative wind during flight which causes the wings to swing out to an extended configuration.

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patent: 3463419 (1969-08-01), Rashidian
"Gulfstreamer", vol. 5, No. 6, Winter 1976, Grumman American Aviation Corp.

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