Target tracking vehicle guidance system - operates in command guidance mode for portion of its flight and then in homing guidance mode

摘要

The vehicle is guided in either a command guidance mode or a homing mode. In the commands guidance mode, the target tracking element, used during the homing guidance mode serves as an inertial reference element. Such element is attitude stabilised in pitch and yaw by a mechanical drive used in both modes. The device drives the reference element w.r.t. the vehicle's body and, in roll, by the vehicle's roll autopilot to aerodynamically control the vehicle's attitude in roll.