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A missile appendage deployment mechanism for receipt on the side of a missile or projectile and in a stowed position. The mechanism including a wing or fin which is designed, when deployed, to rotate upwardly from the stowed position into a feathered vertical position into the airstream of the missi

A missile appendage deployment mechanism for receipt on the side of a missile or projectile and in a stowed position. The mechanism including a wing or fin which is designed, when deployed, to rotate upwardly from the stowed position into a feathered vertical position into the airstream of the missile. The wing moves upwardly from the horizontal stowed position into the vertical feathered position in a continuous smooth motion.

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A missile appendage deployment mechanism for receipt against a side of a missile and aiding in the control of the missile\s flight, the mechanism comprising: a wing having a lug integrally formed in one end thereof, the wing disposed in a X-Y plane parallel to a centerline of the missile; an annular

A missile appendage deployment mechanism for receipt against a side of a missile and aiding in the control of the missile\s flight, the mechanism comprising: a wing having a lug integrally formed in one end thereof, the wing disposed in a X-Y plane parallel to a centerline of the missile; an annular-shaped clevis rotatably attached to the missile and hinged to the lug, the hinge disposed at an angle greater than zero to the X-Y plane and at an angle greater than zero to a X-Z plane through the center of the missile, the clevis rotating about a Z axis through the missile and perpendicular to the X-Y plane; restraining means for releasable holding the wing against a side of the missile in the X-Y plane; biasing means for urging the wing upwardly in the airstream of the missile during flight, the wing with lug pivoting on the hinge upwardly into an upright position and rotating from the X-Y plane into the X-Z plane so the wing is feathered into the airstream; and rotation means mounted in the missile and connected to the clevis for additinal feathering of the wing in its upright position.