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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W Burnham, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 / ; 244213 ; 244 / ; 244113 ;
Abstract
A yaw control arrangement for tailless aircraft utilizing a plurality of rudder-like surfaces which are normally retracted into the surface of an aircraft wing and extended only momentarily on demand to generate a yawing moment. The surfaces are mounted on a wing surface by hinges which are canted with respect to the free stream flow. In this manner, the extended deployed surfaces are given an angle of attack to the free stream flow to produce a lift force at essentially right angles to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.