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A wing support structure for a self-erecting collapsible wing includes a telescoping strut assembly including a leading strut and a trailing strut each pinned at an inner end to fixed pins on a base support structure and pinned to a common pivot pin at the outer end and each strut being telescoping

A wing support structure for a self-erecting collapsible wing includes a telescoping strut assembly including a leading strut and a trailing strut each pinned at an inner end to fixed pins on a base support structure and pinned to a common pivot pin at the outer end and each strut being telescoping for retraction to a colinear position and spring biased to an outward fully deployed position. Each strut includes inner and outer tubular strut members in which is confined a compression spring with the inner and outer members including an antirotation lock and an anticollapse lock.

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An extensible strut assembly for a self-erecting wing, said strut assembly comprising: a leading strut and a trailing strut, each strut comprising a lower telescoping tubular member that is hollow along substantially its entire length pivotally mounted at the lower end on a fixed hinge pin, and an u

An extensible strut assembly for a self-erecting wing, said strut assembly comprising: a leading strut and a trailing strut, each strut comprising a lower telescoping tubular member that is hollow along substantially its entire length pivotally mounted at the lower end on a fixed hinge pin, and an upper telescoping tubular member that is hollow along substantially its entire length telescopically mounted in said lower tubular member and pivotally connected to a common hinge pin, and, a compression spring disposed within and extending substantially the length of both the lower and upper telescoping strut member of each strut.