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Is an airplane that has folding wings safe to fly?

April 26, 2017airplane fly folding safe wings

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Is an airplane that has folding wings safe to fly?

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Yes. U.S. Navy wing-fold technology has safely been around for years as a proven and reliable technology with an extremely low risk of failure. ICON has optimized basic wing-fold technology and carefully designed it so that it only operates on ground and water when not flying. Additionally, the wing-fold mechanism is designed so that the folding elements are separated from the structural elements for carrying flight loads.