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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E. Shaffer, Maitland, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Dynamics Corporation, Apopka, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/56 ;
Abstract
An airborne vehicle having a deployable airfoil with an elevon wherein the deployment of the airfoil and the control of the elevon are both powered by a single servo mechanism. A shear pin prevents relative movement between the elevon and the airfoil until the airfoil is in the deployed position. A stop mechanism locks the airfoil in the deployed position, whereafter operation of the drive mechanism fractures the shear pin, thereby allowing the elevon to be controlled by the drive mechanism.