A control system for a vehicle 100 having means to induce a flow of an ambient fluid. Preferably the vehicle is a V/STOL aircraft with a planar body 101 and having one or more ducted fans 120 to direct an airflow downwards to generate lift. Ducted fans each comprise a duct 121 and include a fan 123. The control system comprises two or more arrays of vanes 130 arranged in proximity to the thrust axis of a means to induce fluid flow. Each array of vanes has two or more vanes and a vane supporting structure and is arranged to interact with flow of fluid from the means to induce fluid flow in order to influence the forces and moments acting on the vehicle. An array of vanes is rotatable by means of an actuator 132 independently of another of the arrays of vanes about an axis 133 which is perpendicular to the thrust axis of the means to induce fluid flow.


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    Title :

    CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FLUID BORNE VEHICLES


    Additional title:

    STEUERSYSTEM FÜR FLUIDFAHRZEUGE
    SYSTÈME DE COMMANDE POUR VÉHICULES PORTÉS PAR UN FLUIDE


    Contributors:
    WAHREN KEN (author) / HAANEN OLIVER (author)

    Publication date :

    2020-08-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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