Patent ID: 7866610

Claim:
A telescoping wing for a vehicle having a fuselage, the telescoping wing having the following characteristics: a. multiple hollow translating wing spars, with each translating wing spar configured to slide into the interior of the adjacent spar section toward the wing root for storage, and each hollow wing spar section of sufficient length to maintain a degree of overlap with respect to adjacent wing spars when extended, and where the cross-sectional shape of the translating wing spars may be of any closed shape; b. one or more main wing spars into which each of the other translating spar sections slide when collapsed, with said main wing spar having attaching means to be structurally supported by the fuselage; c. said translating and main spars having means to maintain the ability to rotate as a unit while extended to any degree, said means comprising a slot and pin arrangement or by a non-cylindrical shape of the spar; d. the wing surface of said wing consisting of wing panels surrounding said spars, with the individual wing panel end that is located toward the wing root closed to form a wing rib to maintain proper wing shape, and having a hole capable of passing said spars; e. said wing panels having a relatively open end at the wing tip side with the inside surface of said open end bearing upon the outside surface of the next outward wing panel when fully extended, and said wing panels shaped and sized to allow retraction of each panel into one another toward the wing root; f. the wing panel end closest to the wing tip being fixed to said wing tip, as is the spar section closest to the wing tip, so as to prevent uncontrolled wing rotation, wherein rotation of said spar rotates said wing tip, which generates wing warping along the length of said wing; g. said wing root comprised of a fixed hollow section attached to the fuselage of the vehicle or an area of the fuselage which houses the collapsed wing panels and wing spars.