Thrust vectoring apparatus, thrust vectoring method, and flying body
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsFuminori FUJISAWA, Hiroyuki TANI, Daisuke HYUGA
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Abstract
A first jet tab and a second jet tab are symmetrically arranged with respect to a first symmetry plane and have a symmetrical shape with respect to the first symmetry plane, and are symmetrically driven with respect to the first symmetry plane by a driving section. A distance between a tip sensation of the first jet tab and a first rotation axis is larger than a distance between the first rotation axis and the first symmetry plane. A distance between a tip section of the second jet tab and a second rotation axis is larger than a distance between the second rotation axis and the first symmetry plane.
Claims19
A thrust vectoring apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle having an opening of a nozzle exit from which a combustion gas is exhausted;
- a plurality of tab sets, each of which comprises at least one tab, which is disposed outside the nozzle exit opening not to cover any part of the nozzle exit opening in a standby state;
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- a driving section configured to drive said at least one tab for said tab set from the standby state to a work state such that a direction of thrust by the combustion gas is vectored by covering a part of the nozzle exit opening by a tip section of said at least one tab.
A flying object comprising:
- a nozzle having an opening of a nozzle exit from which a combustion gas is exhausted;
- a plurality of tab sets, each of which comprises at least a tab, which is disposed outside the nozzle exit opening not to cover any part of the nozzle exit opening in a standby state;
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- a driving section configured to drive said at least one tab for said tab set from the standby state to a work state such that a direction of thrust by the combustion gas is vectored by covering a part of the nozzle exit opening by a tip section of said at least one tab.
A thrust vectoring method comprising:
- disposing a plurality of tab sets outside an opening of a nozzle exit not to cover any part of the nozzle exit opening in a standby state, wherein each of said plurality of tab sets comprises at least a tab;
- driving said at least one tab for said tab set from the standby state to a work state to cover a part of the nozzle exit opening by a tip section of said at least one tab;
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- vectoring a direction of thrust by the combustion gas in a nozzle by said at least one tab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.