Patent ID: 6254031
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: F41G,F42B,F42C

Abstract:
A jet reaction system for guidance of a free fall vehicle comprising a housing, means for mounting said housing externally of said vehicle in coaxial relation therewith, a gas generator element, a valve plate element communicating with said gas generator element, and having a peripheral area, said gas generator element and valve plate element being positioned within said housing; said means mounting said housing including means for engaging an end of said vehicle; said valve plate element having nozzles at substantially equally spaced locations around said peripheral area, each of said locations having a pair of nozzles arranged 180 degrees apart, each of said locations having a valve controlling each nozzle, and an actuating means for controlling each valve; whereby upon actuation of selected valves, thrusts may be obtained either singly or in combination in any required transverse direction.