Patent ID: 8025596

Claim:
A vane for mounting to a projectile, the vane comprising: a base for mounting on the surface of the projectile; and a vane fin including a contour defined by a bottom-edge, a rear-edge and a front-edge, and having a height H of substantially 0.400 inches and a length L of substantially 1 inch, wherein: the bottom-edge, comprising a front point and a back point, is substantially linear between its front and back points and is adjoined to the base; the rear-edge, comprising an upper point and a lower point, arcs concave to the bottom-edge in an upward direction from its lower point to its upper point, the lower point of the rear-edge corresponding with the back point of the bottom-edge; and the front-edge, comprising an upper point and a lower point, degrades in a linear fashion from its upper point to its lower point, the upper point of the front-edge corresponding with the upper point of the back-edge and the lower point of the front-edge corresponding with the front point of the bottom-edge.