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

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft comprising:
a main body having an empennage;
a main rotor assembly mounted on the main body; and
a movable control surface assembly supported on the empennage, the movable control surface assembly including:
a tube extending from the empennage along a tube axis to a free end, the tube being supported for rotation about the tube axis with respect to the empennage, and
a movable control surface mounted on the tube for rotation therewith, wherein the movable control surface is entirely supported on the empennage by the free end of the tube, and wherein the movable control surface is supported on the tube by a connection element that couples the movable control surface to the free end of the tube to rotatably fix the movable control surface with respect to the tube.