Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft control – Vertical fins
Patent
1991-10-04
1992-09-29
Marmor, Charles A.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft control
Vertical fins
244 90R, 244 327, B64C 512
Patent
active
051508613
ABSTRACT:
In an airborne vehicle utilizing tail fins to provide directional control by use of the sideslip maneuver, a variably positionable side force generator airfoil that is positioned in response to the normal load factor of the vehicle to eliminate undesired roll caused by sideslip.
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Koontz Stephen W.
Merkel Edwin W.
Marmor Charles A.
Mattix Carla
The Boeing Company
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