Aircraft with segmented deployable control surfaces

An aircraft comprising:

• a fuselage;
• and
• a control surface that deploys from a stowed state in which the control surface is wrapped around the fuselage;
• wherein the control surface includes:
• control surface segments that are hingedly coupled together;
• and
• locks to hold the control surface segments in a deployed state of the control surface;
• and
• wherein the control surface segments each have a smaller chord at a proximal end closest to the fuselage, than at a distal end distal from the fuselage.

A method of aircraft flight, the method comprising:

• launching an aircraft from a launcher, with control surfaces of the aircraft in a stowed state, along a fuselage of the aircraft;
• spinning the aircraft during and/or after the launching;
• and
• after the launching, deploying the control surfaces, wherein the deploying includes:
• control surface segments of each of the control surfaces opening up to deployed state by pivoting on hinged connections between the segments of each control surface, and/or by pivoting on hinged connections between the control surfaces and the fuselage;
• and
• sliding locks of the control surfaces in place over the hinged connections between the segments, to maintain the control surfaces in the deployed state.