Morphing aircraft with telescopic lifting and control surfaces, page 1

A morphing aircraft includes a lifting body and a telescopic lifting or control surface, such as a wing, coupled to the lifting body. The lifting surface is deployable between extended and retracted positions relative to the lifting body and configured such that, when disposed in the extended...
Inventors: Branko Sarh, David J. File
Assignee: The Boeing Company

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Thoughts anyone? Project SwitchBlade? Look at the recent date on the patent Issue date: Sep 7, 2010

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The only question is will it ever be built. Like the switchblade idea was never built. There are alot of patents that are never able to work as it says on paper. Another thing I found interesting was that they filed for the patent on July 24, 2007 and they only just received the patent on September 7, 2010. Does it normally take this long for a patent to be granted? I know it can take a while to be granted but I would imagine that Boeing could get the wheels moving on a patent relatively quickly. This also reminds me of the Boeing DiscRotor from another thread.DARPA/Boeing DiscRotor

You know, It kind of looks like different variants of the f-117a

F-117N This original proposal to the US Navy was a standard F-117A with an off-the-shelf automatic carrier landing system (ACLS) and some limited corrosion proofing. This proposal was superseeded by the F-117X.

F-117N (II) Based on the YF-117B/F-117B, this variant was to have a 65,700 lb (29,801 kg) MTOW and be equipped with powered wing folding, an arrester hook, an off-the-shelf F-14 main undercarriage and probably an F/A-18 type nose gear. This proposal was also replaced by the F-117X concept, which was rejected in mid 1993 in favor of the A/F-117X.

F-117X Sea Hawk The F-117X designation covered the proposed conversion of a single F-117A intended to serve as a technology demonstrator and naval/carrier-borne "proof-of-concept" aircraft for low-speed handling trials and simulated carrier landings. Lockheed hoped for a 255-aircraft order at a unit price of $70 million. The engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) cost was estimated at $3.1 billion. The idea was dropped in favor of the F-117N (II) concept.

A/F-117X A derivative of and replacement for the F-117N, this proposed variant was submitted as a potential alternative to the joint advanced strike technology (JAST) aircraft. It was to be fitted with an afterburning F414 engine, LPI multimode (air-to-air and air-to-ground) radar, AIM-120 AMRAAM compatibility, expanded bomb bays (10,000 lb [4,536 kg] internal bomb load), provision for an 8,000 lb (3,629 kg) external bomb load (for "end of war" missions after an enemy's air defenses have been degraded) and three section spoilers forward of trailing edge flaps. The A/F-117X was proposed for a "silver bullet"-type strike force to augment F/A-18E/F Hornets. Lockheed hopeed to procure between 40 and 75 aircraft.

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