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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Olivier Cazals, Daux, FR;

Thierry Druot, Saint Jean, FR;

Inventors:

Olivier Cazals, Daux, FR;

Thierry Druot, Saint Jean, FR;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 23/005 (2013.01); B64C 2700/6274 (2013.01);
Abstract

Swiveling engines attached to the fuselage by struts, for example to the rear part of the fuselage are used to control the pitch and yaw movements of an aircraft. The swivel axes of the engines are oriented to form a V so that swiveling one engine creates a variation of the vertical and lateral components of the engine thrust. Controlled swiveling of the two swiveling engines makes it possible to generate a component of the resultant thrust in a vertical plane that can be controlled in direction and intensity to generate pitch and yaw torques. The swiveling engines also include pods provided with jet deflection flaps for the engine considered, and the struts are profiled and provided with a trailing edge control surface using ruddervator architecture.


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