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  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYABLE SWIRL VANES
    Publication number: 20130202404
    Abstract: An aircraft control structure for drag management includes a nozzle structure configured to exhaust a swirling fluid stream. A plurality of swirl vanes are positioned within the nozzle structure, and an actuation subsystem is configured to cause the plurality of swirl vanes to move from a deployed state to a non-deployed state. In the non-deployed state, the plurality of swirl vanes are substantially flush with the inner surface of the nozzle structure. In the deployed state, the plurality of swirl vanes produce the swirling fluid stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ATA ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Parthiv N. Shah