摘要 |
<p>A convertiplane (1) having a wing (4) in turn having two half-wings (6), each defined by a fixed portion (13) adjacent to the fuselage (2), and by a movable portion (14) rotating, with respect to the fixed portion (13), about a beam element (7) extending the full length of the wing (4); the beam element (7) supports, integrally, rotors (11) located at respective ends of the wing (4), and engines (20) connected to the rotors (11) by a transmission (25), and is rotated about a respective axis (A) by actuators (48) to change the position of the rotors (11) from a vertical-axis position wherein the convertiplane (1) operates in helicopter mode, to a horizontal-axis position wherein the convertiplane (1) operates in airplane mode. <IMAGE></p> |