Foldable Wingtips

[raedma]

High-aspect ratio wings may require foldable wing tips, like for the Boeing 777. To be able to evaluate such designs we, e.g. in the Virtual Product House (VPH), require a parametric description of such devices and the surrounding environment.

In a first step we will:

• collect functional requirements
• determine a design description on a CPACS-equivalent descriptive level
• evaluate different definition possiblities (definition of hinge-line; strage as componentsegment, two seperate wings, ...)
• attempt an initial schema extension

Feel free to add any requirements for ground and flight usage of FWTs here.

[raedma]

Thanks to René an idea of the system in the 777: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_9gUT2Tk8o