Auxiliary flaperon control for aircraft

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1977-09-14

1979-03-27

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft control

244 90R, 244215, B64C 906, B64C 912

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ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary flaperon control is pivotally mounted on the trailing edge of each wing of an aircraft between the outboard control surfaces and the fuselage and in close proximity to the tail of said aircraft; the auxiliary flaperon controls being operable relative to the outboard control surfaces to induce supplementary aerodynamic forces on the aircraft tail to thereby augment the effectiveness of aircraft lateral and directional control.

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patent: 2174542 (1939-10-01), Weick
patent: 2279615 (1942-04-01), Bugatti
patent: 2522159 (1950-09-01), Billington
patent: 2750132 (1956-06-01), Palmer et al.
patent: 3659810 (1972-02-01), Robertson
"Northrop YF-17",Jane's All The Worlds Aircraft, 1974-1975, pp. 409-410.

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