Flight control of missiles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8119959
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07018566

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A missile in which a nose portion is rotatably mounted on a main body portion of the missile and is subjected to thrust to bring it to a demanded roll attitude and to apply to it a demanded lateral steering force. The thrust is produced by a propellant gas and supplied to discharge ducts in the nose portion which provide for the discharge of the propellant gas tangentially with respect to the nose portion. The discharge ducts are selectively opened and closed by relative axial displacement of the nose portion and a valve spool which controls the flow of propellant gas. An actuator responsive to guidance control signals causes a predetermined roll torque to bring the nose portion to a demanded roll attitude and a predetermined lateral steering force on the missile.

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SHORT BROTHERS PLCBELFAST BT3 9DZ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ransom, Richard Sutton Killinchy, IE 3 48

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