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ROM the classic Breguet range equation, aircraft with more fuel-efficient engines, lower aerodynamic drag or lower structural weight can fly further. Therefore, an aircraft with any of these attributes can cover the same distance carrying higher payload or using less fuel as well. For airframe design, this means targeting the aerodynamics and structural weight. One approach for improving the aerodynamics is through increasing the aspect ratio of the wing, which decreases the associated induced drag. However, increasing the wing span not only increases structural weight, it could also lead to operating difficulties as existing airport gates may be too narrow. Trying to achieve these two contrasting planform requirements in fact points towards the wider field of morphing structure research, which focuses on changing the geometry of the aircraft during its operation. The field of morphing covers larger geometric1 changes …