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US 5,683,250 AGranted
Flight demonstrator
OwnerEvan Paivanasinventor
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Abstract
A novel instrument for demonstrating flight principles is disclosed wherein a simulated aircraft is mounted to the end of a tube member by an arrangement wherein finger tip linear and rotational manipulation of a single control enables tail and wing control surfaces respectively, to move in coordinated response to demonstrate aircraft maneuver response to control surface movement.
Claims16
An ergonomically efficient flight instrument comprising a simulated aircraft maneuverably mounted to a manipulatable wand;
- said simulated aircraft comprising a tail member, a moveable elevator surface and a main support wing member having a moveable aileron surface;
- said wand comprising coaxial elongate members comprising an outer tube enabled for rotational and linear movement in relation to an inner elongate member, said wand having means for activating said movable elevator and aileron surfaces at an end thereof;
- wherein said means for activating is arranged to enable moving said elevator surface in coordination with linear movement of said outer tube in respect to said inner member, and enabling moving said aileron surface in coordination with rotational movement of said outer tube with respect to said inner elongate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.