Elevon control system
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorsTony Shuo Tao, Nathan Olson, Carlos Thomas Miralles, Robert Nickerson Plumb
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Abstract
A system comprising an aerial vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (100, 400, 1000, 1500) configured to control pitch, roll, and/or yaw via airfoils (141, 142, 1345, 1346) having resiliently mounted trailing edges opposed by fuselage-house deflecting actuator horns (621, 622). Embodiments include one or more rudder elements (1045, 1046, 1145, 1146, 1245, 1345, 1346, 1445, 1446, 1545, 1546) which may be rotatably attached and actuated by an effector member (1049, 1149, 1249, 1349) disposed within the fuselage housing (1001) and extendible in part to engage the one or more rudder elements.
Claims20
An aerial vehicle comprising:
- a fuselage, comprising a housing;
- a first airfoil, rotatably attached to the fuselage housing, the first airfoil comprising a first control surface resiliently mounted to the first airfoil, wherein the first control surface is articulated at a lineal joint about the first airfoil;
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- a first actuator horn, disposed in the fuselage housing, the first actuator horn extendible via a first fuselage housing aperture, wherein the first actuator horn is extendible to oppose and contact the first control surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.