Devices and method for rocket booster vectoring to provide stabi

Details Devices and method for rocket booster vectoring to provide stabi Devices and method for rocket booster vectoring to provide stabi

1985-02-14

1988-01-26

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft control

244 58, 244 54, 244 63, 244 52, B64C 1512

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047212713

ABSTRACT:
Rocket booster motor vectoring system and method for shortening take-off distance of aircraft, the aircraft being airborne before it is going fast enough for its conventional controls to provide adequate stability and control. A rocket booster motor (52) is coupled to aircraft (50) by means of thrust arm link (56) is pivotal engagement with the aircraft and fixed to the booster, and coupled by rearwardly positioned links (62, 64, 66) having ball and socket joints at both ends, one end being connected to the aircraft through aerodynamic surfaces (68, 70) or through actuators (124, 126), the aerodynamic surfaces being operable by conventional systems within the basic aircraft, and the actuators also being operated by motion sensing systems within the aircraft to vector the thrust of the booster to provide stability augmentation of the aircraft during the boosted launch phase to provide pitch, roll, and yaw control. The thrust vector is rotated or directed in response to signals generated in the basic aircraft control systems.

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