Folding wing

They are called folding wings

• hinged window sashes ("top-hung window"), see translation window

• folding wings on an altar, see winged altar (e.g. high altar of the Freiburg Minster )

• There are rockets and cruise missiles that fold out wings shortly after takeoff. These are also known as "folding wings".

Examples:

• the Zuni is launched from a pipe launch container; their folding wings unfold shortly after take-off ("Folding Fin Aerial Rocket")
• Some variants of the Delilah cruise missile have folding wings

• folding wings on airplanes (these are also sometimes called "folding wings"). They can be attached to the fuselage to hold an airplane
  • to be able to store space-saving (e.g. in the hangar of an airport or an aircraft carrier )
  • A folding-wing aircraft was the Grumman F4F , the standard fighter on US Navy aircraft carriers during World War II
  • to be able to transport on a trailer

See also:

• Wings that can be adjusted in flight are called swivel wings

• The Japanese Empire has been building I-400 class submarines since 1937 with a characteristic that is still unique today (2012): they each carried three aircraft with collapsible wings. So they were submersible aircraft carriers . Two submarines were completed; the planes were never used.

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