Aircraft steering mechanism

Details Aircraft steering mechanism Aircraft steering mechanism

1981-02-13

1983-05-31

Frankfort, Charles E.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft control

Pilot operated

74526, 244 75R, 244 76R, B64C 1316, B64C 1324

Patent

active

043857418

ABSTRACT:
The present aircraft steering mechanism provides different steering characteristics for different aircraft speeds, especially at low speeds on the one hand and at high speeds on the other hand. For this purpose the steering mechanism, which is operatively interposed between a control input and a controlled member, such as a rudder or flap, forms a transmission system including a walking-beam type lever with a free-end member and a forked member. The forked member is movable relative to the free-end member in response to a flight parameter, such as the dynamic pressure, whereby the free-end member dips more or less into the forked member. Thus, the excursion of the free-end member is increasingly more limited as the speed of the aircraft increases. The see-saw type lever forms a control input and a control output and the degree of excursion is determined by the extent to which the free-end member dips into the forked member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2859926 (1958-11-01), Westbury
patent: 2876968 (1959-03-01), Chaplin et al.
patent: 2940332 (1960-06-01), Teague

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