How does a retractable wing on an airplane work? What is its mechanism?
There are no production aircraft with retracting wings. The closest you will ever get to that is the retracting glove-vane of the F-14 that was used to stabilize it when the wings were being swept back/forward. Just out of interest, is your question about swing wing (variable geometry) aircraft? PS: Northrop had a Switchblade aircraft concept once…
