Jettisonable aerodynamic control surfaces

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1990-03-12

1992-09-29

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft sustentation

Sustaining airfoils

244 325, 244 1R, B64C 3912

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051508583

ABSTRACT:
A flight vehicle includes a fuselage 10 having a consumable fuel supply 18,12, main wings 12 each with an elevon 14 and a pair of jettisonable foreplanes 16. The foreplanes provide lift at take-off and during transonic flight and, at higher supersonic speeds they are jettisoned.

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"Design Considerations of Single Stage to Orbit Reusable Launch Vehicles", Design Engineering, Jan., 1990, pp. 46 and 47.

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