US 12,434,815 B2
Aircraft control system
William Brandebury Harvey, Laytonsville, MD (US)
Assigned to BBG Aerosystems, Inc., Laytonsville, MD (US)
Filed by BBG Aerosystems Inc., Laytonsville, MD (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/822,911.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/535,803, filed on Aug. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0074579 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B64C 13/50 (2006.01); B64C 3/40 (2006.01); B64C 3/56 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/50 (2013.01) [B64C 3/40 (2013.01); B64C 3/56 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a aircraft;
a pivot mounted on a side of the aircraft with a pivot offset along a longitudinal axis at a non-zero angle from a vertical axis of the aircraft; and
an airfoil that comprises a root that is rotatably mounted on the pivot, wherein rotation of the airfoil about the pivot causes a change in an angle of attack and lift of the airfoil.