Patent ID: 8876999

Claim:
A method to manufacture an aircraft wing having a non-zero dihedral angle using an autoclave, the method comprising: inserting a first portion of the aircraft wing into a first portion of the autoclave; moving a second portion of the autoclave toward the first portion of the autoclave to position a second portion of the aircraft wing within the second portion of the autoclave; rotating a first longitudinal axis of the first portion of the autoclave by a first rotation angle and rotating a second longitudinal axis of the second portion in an opposite direction by a second rotation angle to change an autoclave angle between longitudinal axes of the first portion of the autoclave and the second portion of the autoclave to accommodate the dihedral angle of the aircraft wing, wherein rotating the first longitudinal axis of the first portion of the autoclave changes the autoclave angle to substantially match the dihedral angle of the aircraft wing, and wherein the autoclave angle is greater than zero; joining the first portion of the autoclave and the second portion of the autoclave; and applying pressure and heat to the aircraft wing.