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EP0265035A1
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Manual control apparatus for the thrust magnitude and thrust vector angle of an aircraft
Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
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Filing: 1987-04-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-04-23
Abstract
Abstract Control apparatus for effecting control of thrust magnitude and thrust vector angle for aircraft of the short take-off and vertical landing type known by the acronym STOVL comprises a fixed housing (10), a manually movable stick member (7) supported with respect to the fixed housing (10) and arranged to provide a throttle input, the stick member (7) including a grip (8) to enable it to be gripped and moved manually relative to the fixed housing (10), and a rotatable collar (9) arranged to provide the thrust vector angle input. Preferably the grip includes an upright hand-datum flange (13) for positively laterally locating a controlling hand and the hand-datum flange (13) is located at one extremity of the grip (8) and the collar (9) is located at the other extremity of the grip (8).
Inventors
- 👤 Neil John 9 Eisenhower House Curtis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 06:58
CPC Classifications
B; B64; B64D; B64D31/00; B64D31/02; B64D31/04; G; G05; G05G; G05G13/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20012; Y10T74/20201
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A control apparatus for an aircraft arranged to produce signals in response to control movements, including a fixed housing (10), a manually movable stick member (7) supported with respect to the fixed housing (10) and arranged to provide a first control input, the stick member (7) including a grip (8) to enable it to be gripped and moved manually relative to the fixed housing (10), and a rotatable collar (9) arranged to provide a second control input.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A control apparatus for an aircraft arranged to produce signals in response to control movements, including a fixed housing (10), a manually movable stick member (7) supported with respect to the fixed housing (10) and arranged to provide a first control input, the stick member (7) including a grip (8) to enable it to be gripped and moved manually relative to the fixed housing (10), and a rotatable collar (9) arranged to provide a second control input.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
A control apparatus according to Claim 1, in which the apparatus is for a STOVL aircraft and is arranged to produce signals corresponding to thrust magnitude demand and thrust vector angle demand, the thrust magnitude demand input being provided by the location of the stick member (7) with respect to the fixed housing (10), and the thrust vector angle demand input being provided by the angular orientation of the collar (9).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A control apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, in which the grip includes an upright hand-datum flange (13) for positively laterally locating a controlling hand with respect to the rotatable collar (9).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A control apparatus according to Claim 3, in which the hand-datum flange (13) is located at one extremity of the grip (8) and the collar (9) is located at the other extremity of the grip (8).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A control apparatus according to any one of the preceding Claims, in which the attitude of the manually movable stick member (7) remains substantially constant throughout its range of movement.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A control apparatus according to any one of the preceding Claims, in which the collar (9) includes a manually releasable friction lock (19).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A control apparatus according to any one of the preceding Claims, in which the control apparatus also includes a selectable stop mechanism (14) selectively to limit the range of angular movement of the collar (9).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A control apparatus according to any one of the preceding Claims, in which the collar (9) includes a number of preset angular detents (24, 25) at locations corresponding to predetermined angular orientations.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A control apparatus according to any one of the preceding Claims, which also includes ancillary control switches (15, 16, 17, 18).
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