Apparatus for a vehicle
AssigneeIsrael Aerospace Industries Ltd.
InventorsShahar Bar Hillel, Saar Shragai
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AssigneeIsrael Aerospace Industries Ltd.
InventorsShahar Bar Hillel, Saar Shragai
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Apparatuses for a projectile are provided, the projectile configured for weapons band launching, examples of the apparatus comprising a body, an inflation system and external walls. The body is inflatable by the inflation system, from a deflated configuration having a first volume to an inflated configuration having a second volume, greater than the first volume. The external walls are deployable from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration responsive to the body being inflated. In the undeployed configuration and at an operating airspeed, the center of pressure is located at a first position with respect to the projectile. In the deployed configuration the external walls provide a deployed external surface geometry exposed to an airflow corresponding to the operating airspeed, such that the center of pressure is located at a second position with respect to the projectile, different from the first position.
An apparatus for a projectile, the projectile configured to be launched from a weapons barrel, wherein in operation of the apparatus in association with the projectile under predetermined operating conditions the projectile has a center of pressure, said predetermined operating conditions including an operating airspeed for the projectile greater than a threshold airspeed, the apparatus defining a reference axis and comprising:
An aft module for use with a projectile, comprising a body configured for being mounted with respect to the projectile, the body having a reference axis, an external surface and an internal volume, said body being inflatable from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration, wherein in said inflated configuration said external surface has a generally frusto-conical configuration.
An aft module for use with a projectile, comprising a body configured for being mounted with respect to the projectile, the body having a reference axis, a plug portion and a plurality of inflatable fin elements, said body being inflatable from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration, wherein in said inflated configuration said fin elements project radially away from said reference axis by a first radius, and wherein in said deflated configuration said fin elements project radially away from said reference axis by a second radius, said first radius being greater than said second radius.
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