United Technologies Corporation

Philip R Scott

Edward B Thayer

Eric J Ward

Thomas A Roach

A plurality of cascade vanes (28, 29, 30) for directing a flow of gas (20) is provided with at least one flow regulating vane (36) which counterrotates with respect to the cascade vanes (28, 29, 30) over a gas flow vectoring range of motion. The cascade vanes (28, 29, 30) and flow regulating vane (36) corotate when moving through an adjacent stowing range of motion for achieving a stowed, gas flow blocking arangement.

Area controlled, thrust vectoring vane cascade with nutating control vane

A linkage for area controlled thrust vectoring comprising of vane cascade (26) having a plurality of vanes (28, 29, 30) pivotable in unison and a flow regulating vane (36) oriented to provide a constant collection gas flow area is provided with a mechanical linkage for orienting the vanes (28, 29, 30) and the flow regulating vane (36) responsive to a single linear actuator (59).

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