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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Paul D. Mcclure, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kenneth M. Dorsett, Aledo, TX (US);
Paul D. McClure, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kenneth M. Dorsett, Aledo, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of de-saturating a control moment gyroscope that leverages a torque on an aircraft that is generated by airflow over the aircraft. As an aircraft navigates through an airspace, the aircraft may destabilize and reorient to form a sideslip angle that forms the airflow torque on the aircraft. The control moment gyroscope may be de-saturated into a neutral position that in turn exerts a torque on the aircraft that counters the airflow torque. A scissor pair of first and second control moment gyroscopes can be used for generating a torque in a single plane.