US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Mark D Dixon

Daniel F Lawless

David A Gibson

Lamar M Auman

Stephen C Cayson

Roger P Berry

J C Dunaway

The Rotational Canted-Joint Missile (RCJM) Control System utilizes a single or multiple body joints that rotate in planes that are not perpendicular to the missile body axis. The result is the deflection of a portion of the missile body for flight control purposes. The canted interface plane between any two adjacent movable sections of the missile body and a joint at the interface plane that allows one of the sections to be rotated by a pre-determined angle with respect to the other section comprise a rotational plane mechanism that offers an inclined bearing plane with a large mechanical advantage over typical &ldquo;brute force&rdquo; ball joint methods.

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Huntsville, AL, United States of America

Mark D Dixon