A deployable system is introduced for assisting flight control under certain flight conditions, such as at high angles of attack, whereby two inflatable membranes are located on the forebody portion of an aircraft on opposite sides thereof. The members form control surfaces for effecting lateral control forces if one is inflated and longitudinal control forces if both are inflated.
Aerodynamic surface distension system for high angle of attack forebody vortex control
1994-07-05
Miscellaneous
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English
Forebody Vortex Manipulation for Aerodynamic Control of Aircraft at High Angles of Attack
SAE Technical Papers | 1989
|Aerodynamic control using forebody strakes
NTRS | 1991
|British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
|Elsevier | 1991
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