Abstract: A span-loaded, highly flexible flying wing, having horizontal control surfaces mounted aft of the wing on extended beams to form local pitch-control devices. Each of five spanwise wing segments of the wing has one or more motors and photovoltaic arrays, and produces its own lift independent of the other wing segments, to minimize inter-segment loads. Wing dihedral is controlled by separately controlling the local pitch-control devices consisting of a control surface on a boom, such that inboard and outboard wing segment pitch changes relative to each other, and thus relative inboard and outboard lift is varied.

Abstract: A clip having a compression surface and a clamping mechanism to compress an outer surface of a syringe barrel around a sealing portion. The clamping mechanism can comprise a rigid c-shape body, a flexible body that latches to clamp, or a flexible strap. The clip can alternatively clamp on to two flanges of a plunger, and have a protrusion that locks onto a syringe barrel flange.