FLUID-VECTORING SYSTEM

摘要

A jet aircraft includes an aircraft integrated, fluid vectoring, exhaust nozzle system. Implementation of this disclosure may eliminate or reduce the size of the aircraft vertical stabilizer and rudder assembly, thereby potentially improving aircraft survivability and increasing aircraft thrust-to-weight ratio.

主权项

1. An aircraft comprising
a body and a fluid-vectoring system coupled to the body and configured to control movement of the body as the body moves along a flight path during flight of the aircraft, the fluid-vectoring system including a first fluid passageway arranged to extend along an axis of the body and to define a first fluid cavity therein and a first fluid-control unit coupled to the body to move between a retracted configuration in which a first flow of environmental fluid moves downstream along the axis from an environment surrounding the aircraft, through the first fluid cavity, and to the environment and an engaged configuration in which the first fluid-control unit blocks the first flow of environmental fluid from flowing through the first fluid cavity.