Patent ID: 9637230
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B64C,Y02T

Claim:
1. An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage; a wing spar rotatably carried by the fuselage; a first wing element carried by the wing spar and rotatable with the wing spar, the first wing element slidably moveable relative to the fuselage and wing spar; a second wing element connected to the first wing element so that the second wing element moves with the first wing element as the first wing element slidably moves relative to the fuselage and wing spar and for pivoted movement of the second wing element relative to the first wing element, wherein the second wing element at least partially overlaps the first wing element and the first and second wing elements are moveable to a plurality of positions wherein the amount that the second wing element overlaps the first wing element varies to vary the effective combined wing area of the wing elements.