Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft control – Pilot operated
Patent
1988-06-23
1990-02-20
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft control
Pilot operated
244 23D, 74471XY, B64C 1304
Patent
active
049019520
ABSTRACT:
Control apparatus for effecting control of thrust magnitude and thrust vector angle for aircraft of the short take-off and vertical landing type known by the acronym STOVL comprises a fixed housing (10), a manually movable stick member (7) supported with respect to the fixed housing (10) and arranged to provide a throttle input, the stick member (7) including a grip (8) to enable it to be gripped and moved manually relative to the fixed housing (10), and a rotatable collar (9) arranged to provide the thrust vector angle input. Preferably the grip includes an upright hand-datum flange (13) for positively laterally locating a controlling hand and the hand-datum flange (13) is located at one extremity of the grip (8) and the collar (9) is located at the other extremity of the grip (8).
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Barefoot Galen
British Aerospace Public Limited Company
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