Aerodynamic wing load distribution control
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorCurt B. Burris
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Abstract
An aerodynamic wing load distribution control apparatus for increasing flight performance of an aircraft. The apparatus may include an aileron uprigger connectable to left and right ailerons of an aircraft and configured to uprig the left and the right wing ailerons of such aircraft. An operator interface communicates operator command inputs to the aileron uprigger. The aileron uprigger includes left and right actuators actuable in response to command inputs received from an operator through the operator interface and are connectable into respective left and right aileron control linkages of an aileron actuator assembly.
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An aerodynamic wing load distribution control apparatus for increasing flight performance of an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
- an aileron uprigger connectable to left and right ailerons of an aircraft and configured to uprig the left and the right wing ailerons of such aircraft;
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- an operator interface configured to communicate operator command inputs to the aileron uprigger, the aileron uprigger including left and right actuators configured to extend and retract in response to command inputs received from an operator through the operator interface and to be drivingly connected into respective left and right aileron control linkages of an aileron actuator assembly such that extension and refraction of the left and right actuators will adjust aileron uprig in response to inputs received from an operator via the operator interface.
An aerodynamic wing load distribution control apparatus for increasing flight performance of an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
- an aileron uprigger connectable to left and right ailerons of an aircraft and configured to uprig the left and the right wing ailerons of such aircraft;
- an operator interface configured to communicate operator command inputs to the aileron uprigger;
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- an uprig release connected to the aileron uprigger and configured to reduce uprig in response to differential aileron inputs that command a degree of differential aileron deflection that would otherwise be limited by the uprig.
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