Control surface actuator assemblies, aircraft hydraulic systems including the same, and associated aircraft and methods. A control surface actuator assembly includes a flight control surface operatively coupled to a support structure, a torque-generating hydraulic actuator configured to apply a torque to pivot the flight control surface, and a variable horn radius (VHR) hydraulic actuator configured to vary an actuator moment arm length for pivoting the flight control surface. In some examples, an aircraft hydraulic system includes such control surface actuator assemblies, and an aircraft includes such aircraft hydraulic systems. In some examples, a method of operating one or more flight control surfaces of an aircraft includes controlling a selected flight control surface by adjusting, with a VHR hydraulic actuator, an actuator moment arm length corresponding to the selected flight control surface and pivoting, with a torque-generating hydraulic actuator, the selected flight control surface.
CONTROL SURFACE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES, AIRCRAFT HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT AND METHODS
ENSEMBLES D'ACTIONNEMENT DE GOUVERNE, CIRCUITS HYDRAULIQUES D'AERONEF LES COMPRENANT ET AERONEF ET METHODES CONNEXES
2021-09-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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