Patent ID: 11945585
Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An aircraft comprising:
a main body extending between a nose and a tail;
a main rotor assembly mounted on the main body between the nose and the tail;
a stabilizer extending out from the tail to an outer end;
a rudder assembly mounted to the outer end of the stabilizer, the rudder assembly including:
a tube rotatably supported on the outer end of the stabilizer, the tube extending along a tube axis between a first end and a second end;
a first rudder supported on the tube, the first rudder supported on the tube by a first connection element that engages the first end of the tube to rotatably fix the first rudder with respect to the tube; and
a second rudder supported on the tube, the second rudder supported on the tube by a second connection element that engages the second end of the tube to rotatably fix the second rudder with respect to the tube.