PROPULSIVE TORQUE MOTOR

摘要

A spin-stabilized missile (10, 210, 410) includes two or more spin nozzles (40, 240, 432) along a perimeter of the missile, the nozzles being operatively coupled to a pressurized gas source (42, 242). The pressurized gas source provides pressurized gas which passes through the nozzles and external to the missile, thereby providing circumferential thrust which causes a torque on the missile that results in the missile rolling or spinning. The pressurized gas source may be a pressure container (32) containing solid rocket fuel. The pressurized gas source for spinning the missile may be the same as that for the missile's main propulsion system (29).