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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1983
Albert Dunn, Bangor, GB;
Richard Sutton Ransom, Holywood, GB;
Albert Dunn, Bangor, GB;
Richard Sutton Ransom, Holywood, GB;
Short Brothers PLC, Belfast, GB;
Abstract
A beam-riding missile () has a freely rotating control portion () forming its nose and carrying a pair of fixed ailerons () and a pair of fixed elevators (). Detecting means (not shown) gather information indicative of the location of the missile in the beam and steering logic circuitry (not shown) provides signals to a clutch () which interfers with the free rotation of the nose in such a way that the elevators are effective to maintain the chosen flight path. The clutch can be electromagnetic, piezo-electric or function on the Johnson-Raebeck effect. The combination of fixed control surfaces and steering by a single actuator leads to the possibility of useful reductions in the size, weight and complexity of the missile.