Title is pretty clear I guess:
Sorry for ruining the layout, but this is the only clear picture I could find of it. Here's the link to the picture:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Icon_A5_in_wings-stowed_configuration.jpg
I can see the "triangle" pivoting around the vertical axis and with the wings "extended", rotating the horizontal axis, so that the wings aling. I can see the automatic connections for aileron and flaps and know how those work. I guess both "holes" in both wing and wing stub are used to carry the bending and drag loads and this is the first part I don't follow.
Any idea how this works? Are there pins that extend and then somehow prevent the wing not only from a vertical motion, but also from a horizontal one (wing drag force)?
I also don't get how they transfer the torsional loading of the wing. Both "holes" and the "double pivot" that the wing hangs onto are very close together. Something I'm missing?
Sorry for ruining the layout, but this is the only clear picture I could find of it. Here's the link to the picture:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Icon_A5_in_wings-stowed_configuration.jpg
I can see the "triangle" pivoting around the vertical axis and with the wings "extended", rotating the horizontal axis, so that the wings aling. I can see the automatic connections for aileron and flaps and know how those work. I guess both "holes" in both wing and wing stub are used to carry the bending and drag loads and this is the first part I don't follow.
Any idea how this works? Are there pins that extend and then somehow prevent the wing not only from a vertical motion, but also from a horizontal one (wing drag force)?
I also don't get how they transfer the torsional loading of the wing. Both "holes" and the "double pivot" that the wing hangs onto are very close together. Something I'm missing?