Patent ID: 6223676
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B63G,F42B

Abstract:
A direction control assembly for a vehicle travelling through a fluid medium,said vehicle having a body formed with a main axis and contoured surface forming flow lines with said fluid medium,a plurality of planes movably secured relative to and extending out from said surface in an X-shaped empennage for contact with said fluid medium,a movement control assembly mounted within said body,said movement control assembly including a first portion thereof and a second portion mounted on at least one location substantially within said movement control assembly for selective independent movement relative to said first portion and selective mutual movement with said first portion,a first operating means connected to said movement control assembly for controlling said mutual movement of said first portion and said second portion and for moving each of said planes,a second operating means connected to movement control assembly for providing relative movement between said second portion and said first portion and for moving each of said planes,an individual connector between said movement control assembly and each of said planes for moving each of said planes within said fluid medium upon movement of said second portion,whereby all movements of either of said first and said second portions move each of the planes for directing the entire of said vehicle.