Aerovironment, Inc.

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Robert Nickerson Plumb

Carlos Thomas Miralles

Nathan Michael Olson

Tony Shuo Tao

A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns. Embodiments include one or more rudder elements which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member disposed within the fuselage housing and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements.

Elevon control system

A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including: a fuselage; a first pair of airfoils rotatable between a retracted position and a deployed position, the deployed position extending out from the fuselage and the retracted position extending substantially along a first portion on an exterior of the fuselage; a second pair of airfoils rotatable between a second retracted position and a second deployed position, the second deployed position extending out from the fuselage and the second retracted position extending substantially along the first portion on the exterior of the fuselage; and a rudder foldable against the fuselage in a pre-deployment position.

Air vehicle system having deployable airfoils and rudder

A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) () configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils () having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns (). Embodiments include one or more rudder elements () which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member () disposed within the fuselage housing () and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements.

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Robert Nickerson Plumb