The application discloses a lightweight variable-trailing-sweep wing based on a hot knife-
torsion spring and a method thereof. The variable-trailing-sweep wing comprises a wing, a
torsion spring unfolding mechanism, an unfolding
locking mechanism, a telescopic rod, a fuse
rope, a hot knife mechanism and a connecting frame. Before unfolding, the unfolding
locking mechanism is positioned and locked by the telescopic rod, the fuse
rope and the connecting frame; the
torsion spring in the torsion spring unfolding mechanism is twisted to store
potential energy. During unfolding, the torsion spring is released, the wing is unfolded under the action of the torsion spring unfolding mechanism and is locked with the unfolding
locking mechanism, and meanwhile, the tension spring in the torsion spring unfolding
system stores energy. Meanwhile, the torsion spring is caused to fall off after the wing is unfolded, so that the torsion spring does not work during the trailing sweep. When trailing sweep is needed, the hot knife mechanism is powered to heat and then the fuse
rope pressed on the heating
pipe is broken, the unfolding locking mechanism and the wing are trailing swept under the action of the tension spring and
aerodynamic force, and the telescopic rod is lengthened to the designed position to be locked, so that the wing is locked in the trailing sweep state. The application can be widely applied to variable-body aircrafts.