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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsCourtland C. Bivens, III, Edward Rogers
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An air combat control head with an extension provides a head for a collece control stick wherein system control switches may be located for easy access by the operator and an extension comprising a phenolic coated hand grip and a bottom tube component. The hand grip is offset laterally and longitudinally from the bottom tube component, and the head is canted back toward the operator, making the system control switches workable by the operator's thumb while the rest of the operator's hand grips the stick and maintains control of the collective pitch of the main rotor blades. The collective control head of the invention provides a controller that is comfortable for an operator to use, even in extended flight operations, and that reduces fatigue, discomfort and distraction while making system control operations easy and effective.
A control head which imparts control signals to a propulsion means of a vehicle, said control head comprising a root end tube member connected to means for controlling the propulsion means;
In a rotary wing aircraft having at least one main rotor, a control head which imparts signals to a collective pitch control means of the at least one main rotor, said control head comprising a root end tube member connected to the means for controlling the collective pitch of the at least one main rotor;
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