ALFRED MARTIN WRIGHT
Pilots at Randall Mullins Rd, Toney, AL
License number
Alabama A2105785
Issued Date
Nov 2015
Expiration Date
Nov 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
317 Randall Mullins Rd, Toney, AL 35773
Professional information
Scatterider Guidance System For A Flying Object Based On Maintenance Of Minimum Distance Between The Designating Laser Beam And The Longitudinal Axis Of The Flying Object
US Patent:
6138944, Oct 31, 2000
Filed:
Apr 16, 1999
Appl. No.:
9/310675
Inventors:
Wayne L. McCowan - Guntersville AL
Alfred M. Wright - Toney AL
Cheryl S. Garrison - Huntsville AL
Robert R. Mitchell - Huntsville AL
Alfred M. Wright - Toney AL
Cheryl S. Garrison - Huntsville AL
Robert R. Mitchell - Huntsville AL
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
F41G 726
US Classification:
244 313
Abstract:
The scatterider guidance system is mounted on the flying object that is to e guided toward a more direct impact on the selected target. The system utilizes a designating beam of laser pulses that is emitted from the launch pad toward the target and atmospheric particles that scatter the laser pulses to calculate the guidance commands that lead the flying object to follow the laser beam closely. Upon detection by the scatterider sensors of the laser light that is scattered by the atmospheric particles, the perpendicular radial distance between the laser beam and the longitudinal axis of the object in flight is calculated by the onboard guidance electronics and subsequently used to generate the deflection commands. The deflection commands, in turn, are used to deflect aerodynamic control surfaces of the object such that the object approaches and stays close to the laser beam. This guidance system is activated as soon after launch as possible and continues until the object impacts on the target.