Aircraft attitude control configuration
First Claim
1. A method for configuring an attitude control for an aircraft comprising:
- kinematically coupling a first control surface and a second control surface to an aircraft so the first and the second control surfaces are differentially moveable; and
mounting a thruster to the aircraft at a position that enables thrusted air from the thruster to generate a first vector force on the first control surface, a second vector force generated by thrusted air on the second control surface, so that the first and the second vector forces provide a net roll moment about the Y-Roll axis.
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Abstract
Control surfaces in an aircraft attitude control configuration provide attitude control for an aircraft at hover or low air speed conditions. The aircraft attitude control configuration includes thrusters mounted to an aircraft, a first control surface kinematically coupled to the aircraft downstream of a first thruster to enable a first vector force to be generated by a portion of thrusted air from the first thruster on the first control surface, and a second control surface kinematically coupled to the aircraft of a second thruster. The control surfaces are displaced symmetrically a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The control surfaces are independently and differentially movable with respect to each other to enable generation of a second vector force by a portion of thrusted air from the second thruster on the second control surface.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for configuring an attitude control for an aircraft comprising:
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kinematically coupling a first control surface and a second control surface to an aircraft so the first and the second control surfaces are differentially moveable; and mounting a thruster to the aircraft at a position that enables thrusted air from the thruster to generate a first vector force on the first control surface, a second vector force generated by thrusted air on the second control surface, so that the first and the second vector forces provide a net roll moment about the Y-Roll axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for configuring an attitude control for an aircraft comprising:
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mounting a plurality of thrusters to the aircraft; kinematically coupling a first control surface to the aircraft; kinematically coupling a second control surface to the aircraft to be differentially moveable with respect to the first control surface; and positioning each of the thrusters to enable at least a portion of thrusted air from a thruster to be directed towards at least one of the first and the second control surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An aircraft attitude control configuration comprising:
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a plurality of thrusters mounted to an aircraft for thrusting air; a first control surface kinematically coupled to the aircraft at a position downstream of a first thruster to generate a first vector force on the first control surface by a portion of thrusted air from the first thruster; and a second control surface kinematically coupled to the aircraft at a position downstream of a second thruster, the second control surface being differentially movable with respect to the first control surface to generate a second vector force on the second control surface by a portion of thrusted air from the second thruster to enable the first and the second vector forces to provide a net roll moment about the Y-Roll axis. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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