PLUG NOZZLE ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE

• Main Author: JOHN E. DRAIM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.03.1972
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TONON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES ORJET-PROPULSION PLANTS; INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUSSUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04; JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

The disclosure relates to the use of a spinning plug nozzle to provide an attitude reference means of which flow of fluid may be controlled to provide a righting moment in rockets and marine vehicles.