They may be mounted at the back of the fuselage rather than dangling from each wing. The folding mechanism will come with a weight penalty. Even allowing for this, Airbus is seeking a 25 per cent ...

To combat the concern, Boeing created the folding mechanism that reduces the wingspan to 212 feet and 9 inches — the length of the 777's wings. This allows the 777X to fit into gates capable of ...

Can quadrocopters perform flight maneuvers even better? Yes, say South Korean researchers who have equipped a drone with ...

No analogues were found in world practice and, therefore, the mechanism of the solar panel wing folding in orbit is our enterprise’s patented know-how, the article says. As the basis ...